L&B name suggestions

[RateTheFreight]

Evening all,

 

I’ve recently purchased one of Bachmann (USA’s) G scale ‘Lyn’s’. Lovely model and all that. 
 

My Dad already has one and so I was wondering what would have been the next logical name for an L&B loco had they ordered another Baldwin (or other)? I know Bachmann in 009 gave the name ‘Sid’ to its fictional loco but would welcome suggestions for something different to this. 
 

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[kernowtim]

The L & B used Devon rivers with 3 letters, Axe or Sig would be the only other options, then 4 letters such as Dart, Tavy, Wolf, Mole, Erme

[Andy Kirkham]

The tradition is that L&B locos  be named after rivers with three-letter names, so it's a matter of trawling through the names of reasonably local rivers to find one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_England

 

There are still some unused ones in Devon - Kit, Sig and Ted.

[Nile]

Lew.

When the Southern Railway added a fifth loco to the L&BR fleet they named it Lew. It seems logical to me that if the L&BR had added a fifth loco (Baldwin or otherwise) before 1923 it might have also named it Lew. It might also mean the SR didn't need to order another loco in 1925.

[RateTheFreight]

That’s a great shout and an interesting take on the history too! 
 

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[Paul H Vigor]

1 hour ago, Nile said:

Lew.

When the Southern Railway added a fifth loco to the L&BR fleet they named it Lew. It seems logical to me that if the L&BR had added a fifth loco (Baldwin or otherwise) before 1923 it might have also named it Lew. It might also mean the SR didn't need to order another loco in 1925.

Apparently, the River Lew flows into the River Torridge?

[009 micro modeller]

Sid and Axe were used in reality, but only on preservation-era locos so you could use them.

Edited September 9, 2020 by 009 micro modeller

[HonestTom]

There's a Crooked Oak, so you could maybe go with "Oak." Or "Ash," from Ash Brook.

 

If you wanted to push into Cornwall, there's Fal, Red and Par.

Edited September 22, 2020 by HonestTom

[Compound2632]

If they'd bought a Garratt, one end could be West Lyn and the other East Lyn. Nameplates would have to be swapped round if the locomotive got turned. John de Frayssinet's County Gate website has some interesting ideas for L&B superpower.