GNR Stirling Single No. 1
One great driving axle and an elegant outline.
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 GNR Stirling Single No. 1 at Doncaster Works in 2003. Read each caption before using it as a colour or configuration reference.
Preserved GNR Stirling Single No. 1 at Doncaster Works in 2003. Preserved original locomotive; its museum presentation includes later restoration and may differ from its working appearance.
Our Phellap · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Front three-quarter view of preserved Stirling Single No. 1 at York in 2022. Preserved original locomotive; its museum presentation includes later restoration and may differ from its working appearance.
BWard 1997 · CC BY 3.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Driving wheel, lining and cab number of preserved Stirling Single No. 1 in 2022. Preserved original locomotive; its museum presentation includes later restoration and may differ from its working appearance.
BWard 1997 · CC BY 3.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Front detail of preserved Stirling Single No. 1 at York in 2007. Preserved original locomotive; its museum presentation includes later restoration and may differ from its working appearance.
Chris Cohen from Cheltenham, United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Side view of preserved Stirling Single No. 1 at York in April 2024. Preserved original locomotive; its museum presentation includes later restoration and may differ from its working appearance.
Alan King · Public domain · 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 leaf green and dark green. 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.
Science Museum Group: GNR Stirling Single collection recordDid you know?
The term Single refers to the locomotive's one driving axle, not to a single cylinder or a solitary wheel.
Make the details count.
Leave a narrow light edge on the enormous driving-wheel rim.
Keep the small front wheels quieter than the main axle.