RMweb Premium Jeremy Cumberland Posted November 18, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Nearholmer said: I’ve always thought ‘Silver Blaze’ should have had a loco named after it, even if it was a fictional famous horse. It would have gone well with Silver King etc. One of my favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. It even has some railway interest: Quote “We are going well,” said he, looking out the window and glancing at his watch. “Our rate at present is fifty-three and a half miles an hour.” “I have not observed the quarter-mile posts,” said I. “Nor have I. But the telegraph posts upon this line are sixty yards apart, and the calculation is a simple one. But it is, of course, the curious incident of the dog in the night-time that makes the tale memorable, and Holmes' question about whether anything might be amisss with the sheep. You can read it here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/834/834-h/834-h.htm 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted November 18, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 18, 2023 So would the worst performing of the new batch of Deltics bear the name Noble Locks Alas, turned down by the Jockey Club when Clement Freud tried to register the gelding. Regards Ian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted November 18, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 18, 2023 Hmm. Ballabriggs. Hedgehunter Declaration of bias - their owner lived 500 yards from here, recently deceased. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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