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  1. I was minding my own business earlier today, sat in my own railway room, contemplating an aesthetically pleasing pannier tank, when I heard an advertisement on the wireless for the LNER! Yes, the LNER! The effrontery, bringing the name of that railway uninvited, into my own private sanctum!

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    2. DK123GWR

      DK123GWR

      I must apologise Captain for being so slow to offer my condolences, but I am afraid that your tale brought back traumatic memories of my own violation by the infidels. I was strolling around Chippenham as I often do in an evening, when I came to a new housing development on the site of the Westinghouse sports ground. As I ventured into the housing estate I was impressed with the road names. Rather than the usual custom of naming them after types of bush or flower, they had chosen names such as 'Signal Way' and 'Westinghouse Park' which recognised the heritage of the land.

       

      Then, I discovered this entirely unwarranted assault on my sensibilities, and a mere 20 miles from Swindon Works!

      image.png.4f2ee0e27321b0e0c3034756d7449a2f.pngBy all means, feel free to name a road after a distinguished train: The Bristolian, or the Cheltenham Flyer for instance. But this... this? Utterly reprehensible.

    3. Captain Kernow

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      @DK123GWR, I can only assume that the Planning Committee was referring to the development of personal jet packs north of the Border. What else can such a name mean?

       

    4. Dungrange

      Dungrange

      It's a no through road, which means that it doesn't go anywhere.  Perhaps that is from the time when Flying Scotsman was in bits at the NRM.

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