1. Eastern and Southern

   From about late 2003 most of the locomotives I've sketched belong to the fictitious Eastern and Southern railway, which are painted white with red footplates and black accents, namely the smokebox, wheels, cab roof and underframes. However, this livery did not work well when applied to the 5AT, and a similar livery suggestion by Robin Barnes using silver paint was deemed impractical for a steam locomotive. In response I developed another 'Eastern and Southern' livery, which admittedly draws inspiration from the livery applied to Jetstar Airway's aircraft. Instead of silver the base colour is a light grey, with black and orange accents.
   

   

2: Highland Railway

In mid 2007 Mike Atkinson submitted seven 5AT livery proposals based on past liveries used on British railways. One livery I feel that should have been included amongst them is a version of William Stroudley's yellow-ochre livery for the Highland Railway. Note the coloured pinstriping and copper trim on the chimney.

3: CountryLink:

CountryLink is an Australian rail company who operates intercity and interstate express services from the state of New South Wales. They have recently been refurbishing their XPlorer railcars and XPT trainsets (a derivative of the British HST 125 trainsets), and have painted them in a striking new colour scheme. I've applied a version of this colour scheme to the 5AT, which features a distinctive cyan stripe along the length of the locomotive. Seeing how CountryLink services run on standard gauge (4'8.5") and that Australia has large coal reserves but little indigenous oil, a single 3,500 HP coal-fired 5AT in place of two 2,010 HP XPT power cars on express trains seems a reasonable proposition. Maybe this is what CountryLink needs to start turning a profit...

4: VLine

Up until recently VLine, who operates broad-gauge (5'3") intercity services within Victoria, used a rather handsome crimson, white and blue livery with black wheels and underframes on their locomotives and rolling stock. From 2006 I've been using a version of this livery on streamlined broad-gauge Hudsons of my own design, and I've found that this latter livery transfers well to the 5AT.