RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted January 11, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2021 More Enterprise tonight. 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Has to be The Fitzwilliam, covers the area I grew up in, endless hours spent being carted off to follow. Would have voted for Huntingdonshire if I hadn't missed the boat! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) 'Westmorland', has to be because that's from where my mother's family traces its roots, which include a grandfather reputedly a director of the GNR but more likely a shareholder... my Aunts were prone to exaggeration. I thought it was Westmoreland though... Edited January 12, 2021 by robmcg correction Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted January 12, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2021 We start the day with a glimpse through the archway. 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted January 12, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2021 Not so popular, these Hunts. Brocklesby 2 Morpeth 2, and several 1s. D11s today I think. Some quirky names in there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 12, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2021 Hard to choose between Bailie MacWheeble and Lucky Mucklebackit. On balance I'll go with the Bailie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieR4489 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 The Lady of the Lake 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted January 12, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 12, 2021 Lucky Mucklebackit for myself in this poll. Just like that name. Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarrMan Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I'll go for Evan Ddu in this one. Ddu (pronounced 'do') is gaelic for 'black', which sounds very suitable for a steam engine. It reminds me of a house name that I like in the Black Isle. The sign has a black painted thistle on it, and the name - Thistle Ddu! Going back to the spelling of Westmoreland, at least that is only one letter out. As Morayshire, Argyllshire, Rutlandshire, etc are so burdened, why is it not Cumberlandshire, Westmorelandshire, etc. At least it would be a consistent error. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Lucky Mucklebackit for me 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 The Scott names are whimsical, but I have to vote for Somme, in remembrance of all who suffered and died there. May we never see the like again. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37Oban Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 59 minutes ago, FarrMan said: Going back to the spelling of Westmoreland, at least that is only one letter out. As Morayshire, Argyllshire, Rutlandshire, etc are so burdened, why is it not Cumberlandshire, Westmorelandshire, etc. At least it would be a consistent error. Hi, at it's most basic, shire comes from the Anglo-Saxon for county, so county of Lincoln, county of York etc, the word county being introduced by the Normans, so all counties were also shires, it's just that some never use the term shire. A modern day example is that although Argyll is sometimes called Argyllshire, I've never heard it called that, and in the local newspaper it's just referred to as Argyll. However, in some copies of books I've got originally printed in the late 19th century some of them refer to Argyllshire. Roja Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarrMan Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 27 minutes ago, 37Oban said: Hi, at it's most basic, shire comes from the Anglo-Saxon for county, so county of Lincoln, county of York etc, the word county being introduced by the Normans, so all counties were also shires, it's just that some never use the term shire. A modern day example is that although Argyll is sometimes called Argyllshire, I've never heard it called that, and in the local newspaper it's just referred to as Argyll. However, in some copies of books I've got originally printed in the late 19th century some of them refer to Argyllshire. Roja Agreed. Sometimes the 'shire' versions are used, but it as wrong as calling Edinburgh 'Edinborough', or calling the Scottish Goods the 'Scotch Goods' for that matter, even though in this case the latter is ubiquitous. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 D11s? Got to be 62678 Luckie Mucklebackit! (sorry to be a pedant, but please note 'correct' spelling of the first part of that name) I couldn't believe that name when I first heard of it. Surely amongst the wackiest - if not THE wackiest - of names ever bestowed upon a steam locomotive. It still makes be smile every time I see or hear it 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted January 12, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2021 Laird of Balmawhapple Cabbed it a few times at Haymarket along with many others. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted January 12, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2021 D11 wasn't named D1 to D10 were. 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Metropolitan H Posted January 12, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2021 My vote goes to "Wizard of the Moor" - which seems a very good name for a locomotive! Regards Chris H Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I'll also go for Lady of the Lake. Moistened Bint just doesn't have the same ring to it. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted January 12, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Clive Mortimore said: D11 wasn't named D1 to D10 were. Naughty bad Clive. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted January 12, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) Luckie Mucklebackit for me too - like Graham it makes me smile, and he's over there in the cabinet in the lounge looking at me. Edit - Luckie, not Graham..... Edited January 12, 2021 by New Haven Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 1 hour ago, great northern said: Naughty bad Clive. I would ban him from the thread, in a fit of pique ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted January 12, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2021 26 minutes ago, LNER4479 said: I would ban him from the thread, in a fit of pique ... Wot? I am going to need a good lawyer to represent me. 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 3 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: Wot? I am going to need a good lawyer to represent me. Plenty of lawyers on this site, but you've specified a 'good' one so you're done for. 2 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted January 12, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2021 6 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: Wot? I am going to need a good lawyer to represent me. I can't represent you, I'm prosecuting. 1 1 1 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I would have reccomended Gilbert but he is not going to want to defend you. Then there was "Horsetan" but he got removed. So it looks like you have two choices, Cutler2579 or Defend yourself. My advice with such limited resources is to Defend yourself as My defence is that your "Mad" and so not fit to stand trial. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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