Kev_Lewis Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) Including my 5077 Fairey Battle ! post-17302-0-04599500-1437676629.jpeg Thanks to Alastair. It's good to see that the brave people of Brent are fully prepared for invasion, whether it be from the air, the sea, or the Southern! Edit for spelling. Edited January 24, 2016 by Kev_Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
County of Yorkshire Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Including my 5077 Fairey Battle ! post-17302-0-04599500-1437676629.jpeg Thanks to Alastair. 5077 can steam in formation with my 5072 Hurricane... CoY 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingleycustom Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Including my 5077 Fairey Battle ! post-17302-0-04599500-1437676629.jpeg Thanks to Alastair. Fairey Battle indeed ... sounds like a slanging match in the Blue Oyster Club 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 24, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2016 5077 can steam in formation with my 5072 Hurricane... photo (61).JPG CoY Do you want to send that over as 5072 was at Newton post war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I'm feeling the need to invest in another castle to re number as 5071 to complement my 34066! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 24, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2016 I'm feeling the need to invest in another castle to re number as 5071 to complement my 34066! Yes, A Spitfire, Hurricane or Beaufort would do me.All at NA in '47. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Going back to Dean goods engines, about 1946/7 or so I was at the school playing fields, literally at Tavy Junction supposedly engaged in some sports. The trains were of more interest to me and one time a Dean goods did appear in mid afternoon and after school there was a mad rush to Laira shed to check it out. It didn't stay very long and no one knew much about it; somebody mentioned a fish train but it was the only one I ever saw so it definitely passed through Brent. Brian. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted January 24, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2016 Oh really? Sigh! Why do we have to put up with this anti-imperialist pro-revisionist anti-tobacconist New Age pre-enlightenment post-sensationalist version of an ultimately re-imagined history of the Battle of Britain? Everyone knows that it's 'daka daka daka', not 'taka taka taka'. It's an understandable mistake, though, as the latter sound is frequently confused with the sound of tap-dancing Quinoan ice cream sellers, who were visiting the south of England in 1940. Sorry old bean, I do appreciate your concern, however 'daka, daka, daka' was the sound the Squadron Leader made when he was up the 34065 or 6s ar$e, pretending to be Heir Hunn in a Measureshit 109. Taka, taka, taka, taka is the genuine sound of twin Brownings in select, 3 second burst mode. Herman the German (sse what I did there?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted January 24, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2016 Going back to Dean goods engines, about 1946/7 or so I was at the school playing fields, literally at Tavy Junction supposedly engaged in some sports. The trains were of more interest to me and one time a Dean goods did appear in mid afternoon and after school there was a mad rush to Laira shed to check it out. It didn't stay very long and no one knew much about it; somebody mentioned a fish train but it was the only one I ever saw so it definitely passed through Brent. Brian. 'The Fish' often produced 'unusual' engines at Laira. The only Deans I saw was on the Swindon Scrap Line; must have been 1960 I think. Shame. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 24, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2016 Hello Rabbit Leader, I thought you might come from out the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 24, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2016 I always think there's a certain irony that one of the least well equipped types to defend us has ended up as the preserved one. Great name, useful first time they met the Luftwaffe but pretty much a death trap for the crews after that David Just looked up the names chosen by the GWR and find it strange that they picked some fairly poor designs and missed out on the Mosquito, Lancaster and Typhoon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 24, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) Just looked up the names chosen by the GWR and find it strange that they picked some fairly poor designs and missed out on the Mosquito, Lancaster and Typhoon. Those aircraft weren't introduced at the time of the 1941 renames, I think. Edited January 24, 2016 by gwrrob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted January 24, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2016 As regards Castle names, my favourite was The Gloucestershire Regiment. I think it possibly had the largest nameplate on a WR locomotive. P 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Just looked up the names chosen by the GWR and find it strange that they picked some fairly poor designs and missed out on the Mosquito, Lancaster and Typhoon. The renamings were all done immediately post the Battle of Britain between November 1940 and January 1941. As such, those other late war successful types were not in frontline service and had barely flown never mind permeating public consciousness( I think the Lancaster first flew in Jan '41). What's more surprising is that no locos were renamed post war. However, even then, Bomber a Command never achieved the public appeal Fighter Command had in 1940. For example Dowding got a peerage whereas Harris never did David. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 24, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2016 The renamings were all done immediately post the Battle of Britain between November 1940 and January 1941. As such, those other late war successful types were not in frontline service and had barely flown never mind permeating public consciousness( I think the Lancaster first flew in Jan '41). What's more surprising is that no locos were renamed post war. However, even then, Bomber a Command never achieved the public appeal Fighter Command had in 1940. For example Dowding got a peerage whereas Harris never did David. Just been looking at the various dates myself and agree that at 40/41 there wasn't much else around for the Western to name locos after. Surprised they didn't do further renaming later in the war though to wave the home flag for our best heavy bomber, best fighter bomber and best tank buster. By that time there can't have been many Fairly Battles flying in combat (if any) and their name on a loco was surely an embarrassing reminder of an outclassed aeroplane. It is I agree a disgrace that, until very recently, the bomber crews that nightly risked their lives were largely ignored. There's no denying that the results of the area bombing on places like Hamburg were appalling but ignoring those ordered into harms way is poor. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted January 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2016 Hello Rabbit Leader, I thought you might come from out the sun. Nah, Guv, I wos readin' the Mirror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 24, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2016 An authentic castle name for this thread could have been the Whitley bomber which like ANTB was made in Coventry and now the site of Jaguar / Land Rover cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Just been looking at the various dates myself and agree that at 40/41 there wasn't much else around for the Western to name locos after. Surprised they didn't do further renaming later in the war though to wave the home flag for our best heavy bomber, best fighter bomber and best tank buster. By that time there can't have been many Fairly Battles flying in combat (if any) and their name on a loco was surely an embarrassing reminder of an outclassed aeroplane. It is I agree a disgrace that, until very recently, the bomber crews that nightly risked their lives were largely ignored. There's no denying that the results of the area bombing on places like Hamburg were appalling but ignoring those ordered into harms way is poor. Given the bomber war was largely operated out of east anglia, the GW management may have considered it "out of area." I think, by way of comparison, that few of the castles, halls etc were named out of area. Re Fairey Battles and Blenheims, there were some suicidally brave crews in the Battle of France, eg Garland / Gray's bombing of a bridge in Belgium. Quite right to honour and remember. (Apols for the off topic nature!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 24, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2016 I wonder why the GWR management chose the USA built bomber Lockheed Hudson then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Was their a naming committee who decided how names were allocated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I wonder why the GWR management chose the USA built bomber Lockheed Hudson then. Possibly because it was serving in the RAF at the time. Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium M.I.B Posted January 25, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2016 As regards Castle names, my favourite was The Gloucestershire Regiment. I think it possibly had the largest nameplate on a WR locomotive. P IKB is a fairly long Castle plate - could be a challenger for that accolade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted January 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2016 I think there should have been one named 'The Kings Very Own Personally Selected Royal Padstow Lancers'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted January 25, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) Yup IKB was a long un. However, IIRC TGR had a load of info below the plate and that made it look reeeeeeealy big when I were a lad. Phil Edited January 25, 2016 by Mallard60022 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted January 25, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2016 IKB is a fairly long Castle plate - could be a challenger for that accolade. How's the desert mate? I do hope all keeps well for you. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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