robmcg Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Illustrious. Can I have three votes please? I promise to not vote in the next three polls, honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted January 16, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2021 The 1000 Up Leeds is next, the loco being Gannet. Not a Top link loco at the moment, so something must have gone amiss yesterday withe rostered loco for the Yorkshire Pullman. 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jollysmart Posted January 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2021 Half a vote each for 45536 & 45537. Not many people get a VC and a locomotive named after them so stand as actual Patriots. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Metropolitan H Posted January 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2021 Another vote for Lady Godiva. Regards Chris H Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2021 13 minutes ago, Metropolitan H said: Another vote for Lady Godiva. Regards Chris H Is there some subconscious theme behind all these votes? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted January 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 17, 2021 Well it’s Lady Godiva for me too. Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Another for Illustrious, but I fear we're outnumbered! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcock29 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Clearly mine won't win this poll but Colwyn Bay for me as that's the one I have a model of! Andrew 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted January 17, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2021 Another look at Gannet this fine sunny morning. 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted January 17, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2021 Not sure what to do about this. I may have to take legal advice. We can't have anything "ist" on here, can we? But at the same time, I really shouldn't be trying to second guess people's motivation for their choice. Pending legal action, any allegations of vote rigging, and stop the steal campaigns, I will announce that the apparent result was Lady Godiva 6 Illustrious 5. Carefully choosing a class that did not feature scantily or unclad persons, we move on to the Coronations. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2021 Hmm, I have strong connections with both Edinburgh and Leeds but as a Londoner by birth I will have to pick 46245. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted January 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2021 City of London cos I had the Hornby Doublo model when I was a kid. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 City of Glasgow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 3rd Rail Exile Posted January 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2021 City of London 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, great northern said: Carefully choosing a class that did not feature scantily or unclad persons, we move on to the Coronations. Now yer talking! That having been said, which to choose? Despite my great love for the class, I've always found the 'City of ...' names a bit ... well ... perfunctory (I think the word is? 'without real interest, feeling, or effort' <-- couldn't have put it better myself). So, we move to the names of the titled ladies from which the class gets its much better enthusiast name 'Duchesses' (so far as the LMS were concerned, they were 'Princess Coronations', an improved version of the 'Princess Royals') The Scottish Duchesses always sound more interesting to me: Buccleuch (surely one of the most misspelt names in railway history!); Atholl; Abercorn (the 1939 record holder) ... and that also includes 'Hamilton'. The trans-atlantic wanderer, it was always a 'good 'un' (according to my Dad, who regularly saw and observed them all in the 1950s), and an integral part of the NRM for over 40 years now. Far too much personal enjoyment and admiration for that particular locomotive for it to be overlooked so, despite it being a preserved loco (again), my choice is: (4)6229 - Duchess of Hamilton My photo, from 1985, with '229 in typical S&C form, roaring up the grade at 50mph with 14 coaches on the drawbar. Inspirational stuff. Edited January 17, 2021 by LNER4479 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Metropolitan H Posted January 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2021 My choice has to be 6233 "Duchess of Sutherland" as we have enjoyed some very good days out with her at the head of the train. Regards Chris H 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 17, 2021 Duchess of Montrose. My early-years dream of a model loco. I did acquire Atholl secondhand circa 1956, but it lacked smoke-deflectors and looked 'wrong'. Most of the Southern locos I saw across the field from home had those, you see. It matters when you are 6 or 7. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 City of Salford. Saw it right at the end. JINGS it. was filthy. More filth than green. Salford is my home town. Chris P. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 3 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: City of London cos I had the Hornby Doublo model when I was a kid. Still got my Hornby Dublo loco. Romfordised, super strong motor magnet, comet detailing kit and a repaint. Love it to bits. Chris. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TrevorP1 Posted January 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2021 (edited) 46229 Duchess of Hamilton for the poll please Gilbert. Selside back in the 1980s. If I close my eyes and concentrate I can still hear it. Edited January 17, 2021 by TrevorP1 typo Selside. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Selside, perhaps? Great atmospheric pic. From around the same time as mine, I do believe ('83 - '85) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieR4489 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Duchess of Sutherland for me. I enjoyed the return leg of a trip behind her a few years ago. The outward motive power was 60009 and as we approached York we overtook the Duchess running tender first light engine. Sorry for the poor pic. It's a screenshot from a video I hastily took. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted January 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2021 Duchess of Buccleuch Saw it often on the ex- Caley line on services between Glasgow Central Station to/from Edinburgh Caley Station and also at Dalry Road Shed where the locos turned using the Coltbridge triangle for the return journeys. Could have voted for some of the other Polmadie Duchess's but this one has the Waverley Route connection as the Buccleuch's own a lot of land in the Borders! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TrevorP1 Posted January 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2021 1 hour ago, LNER4479 said: Selside, perhaps? Great atmospheric pic. From around the same time as mine, I do believe ('83 - '85) Yes, Selside of course in typical misty and damp S&C weather. Early '80s but without my notes handy I can't be sure of the date although I'd guess at 1983 or 84. I lived in Hampshire at the time and none of our 'gang' lived north of Bletchley. The miles we covered to photograph and ride behind that engine don't bear thinking about. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Fox 34F Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Duchess of Rutland. Local bias you know Paul 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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