Crampton No. 80 Le Continent
Large wheels behind a low boiler.
Bring the engine
to life.
Start with the suggested palette or choose your own colours. Build gentle layers around the engine's distinctive shapes.
Suggested pencil shades and approximate screen swatches. These are not historical paint specifications.
Start lightly and build the darker surfaces gradually. Preserve the printed details.
Leave fine white highlights to separate the moving parts.
Keep the surroundings quieter than the locomotive. Retain light sky areas.
Look a little closer.
Preserved Crampton No. 80 Le Continent on display at the Cité du Train. Read each caption before using it as a colour or configuration reference.
Preserved Crampton No. 80 Le Continent on display at the Cité du Train. Photograph of the named locomotive. Preserved appearance may differ from its original working condition.
A1AA1A · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Preserved No. 80 Le Continent at Mulhouse in 2009. Preserved original locomotive; its museum presentation includes later restoration and may differ from its working appearance.
hugh llewelyn · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Front three-quarter view of preserved No. 80 at the Train Capitale exhibition in Paris in 2003. Preserved original locomotive; its museum presentation includes later restoration and may differ from its working appearance.
GIRAUD Patrick · CC BY 2.5 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Large rear driving wheel and mechanism of preserved No. 80 in Paris in 2003. Preserved original locomotive; its museum presentation includes later restoration and may differ from its working appearance.
Calips · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Preserved No. 80 Le Continent displayed at the railway museum in Utrecht. Preserved original locomotive; its museum presentation includes later restoration and may differ from its working appearance.
Maurits90 · CC0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Know the version.
The source below supports the locomotive identity and history. The photographs record the finish visible when each image was taken. A preserved or replica finish does not establish the original paint specification. Exact original paint shades and all period marking details have not been established for this guide.
The pencil example uses deep green and muted brass. Its palette is interpretive. The gallery records the particular appearances described in its captions; preserved engines, replicas and monochrome photographs cannot establish every original shade or marking.
Cité du Train collection: Le Continent; photographic identificationDid you know?
Crampton's distinctive solution placed the driving axle behind the firebox, allowing unusually large driving wheels without raising the boiler above them.
Make the details count.
Keep the huge rear driving wheels clear of heavy shading.
Use long light strokes to emphasise the low boiler.