scorpion Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Top of the Pops could have been a whole lot worse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 ...If some 'proper' names are fitted to a loco how soon will it be before the franchise ends? Or the company it is named after gets taken over?, or the industry body it commemorates gets renamed, or the celebrity becomes discredited etc etc... I can fix that, selected examples from a suitable list: The Sovereign Prince of Wales (those two have precedents!) .. Governor of the Bank of England .. Primate of All England .. England Football manager .. And if the need is great enough so that the barrel has to dredged to its very bottom; Prime Minister Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 A "Lakes" theme might be appropriate, anything else might pander to the Cumbrian Militia who want devolution from the rest of England. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 11, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2013 A "Lakes" theme might be appropriate, anything else might pander to the Cumbrian Militia who want devolution from the rest of England. Just as long as they don't choose fells! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roythebus Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I suspect Merry Hampton and Gay Crusader may be frowned upon these days..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 For the record, here's the list of current FGW HST names: Isambard Kingdom Brunel First for the future/First ar gyfer y dyfodol First transforming travel David Austin - Cartoonist Christian Lewis Trust Driver Brian Cooper 15 June 1947-5 October 1999 TravelWatch SouthWest Bristol St Philip's Marsh University of Worcester Sir Peter Parker 1924-2002 Cotswold Line 150 We Save the Children, Will you? Driver Stanley Martin 25 June 1960-6 November 2004 University of Plymouth Dartington International Summer School Porterbrook Prince Michael of Kent The National Trust Pride of Laira Great Western The only ones I could take issue with there are the two "First" names (but then they are the operator so only natural for them to name at least one PC after themselves) and "We Save the Children" - surely the only nameplate with a question mark? Of course we've lost quite a few classic names in recent years, "City of Truro", "Sir Felix Pole" and "Sulis Minerva" being obvious ones (I wonder why "namers" get "de-named"?). Would be nice to see more of the Universities recognised though - perhaps there should be a "University Class"? And it would be nice to see a more logical arrangement of names. Interestingly, none of the Adelantes seem to be named.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Just as long as they don't choose fells! PLURAL??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted October 12, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2013 PLURAL??? Sureley those nameplates could be a different shape to normal, perhaps a silouhette of some long lost experimental loco. And if we ever couple two of them together would they then be "Twin Peaks" Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 12, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2013 PLURAL??? Even more frightening Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted October 12, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2013 Northern Ireland Railways named its three 111 class GM Co-Cos after the constituent former railway companies. I believe the nameplates were sponsored by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland: 111 = "Great Northern"112 = "Northern Counties"113 = "Belfast & Co. Down" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Back to racehorses for inspiration I think. All the following can be found in the downloadable list from the British Horseracing Authority at: http://www.britishhorseracing.com/resources/media/ratings/ A Bridge Too Far A Little Swifter Absolute Shambles Combustible Kate Dont Be Late Dont Do Mondays Electrickery Eleven Fifty Nine Euro Trash First Rebellion Flexi Time Follow The Tracks Get Home Now Get Me Out of Here Oscilate Wildly Overpriced Slip Sliding Away Slow Train Coming Tram Express Whaleweigh Station Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted October 12, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2013 How about Greek mythology names? Then when you see the loco "Oedipus" for the umpteenth time, you can mutter,"Oh no, not that M***erF*****r again!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 I've often thought FGW should have a class of trains named after the Welsh "poets, tragedians and a most memorable Goon" referred to in Prince Charles's Investiture speech.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Why not name coaches, like the old Pullman cars ? Pendolino's, Voyagers, HST etc. A The name prominently painted (or stick on vinyl) mid coach. Now themed train sets might not work, as sets often have coaches swapped etc, but how about the following themes, which could be freely mixed. Posh girls names etc, Pullman style. See this link http://www.britishrailways.info/pullman_cars.htm Sights along the line, Mountains, Rivers, Noted Buildings, Villages, Towns and Cities etc Keep it simple - Names that can be readilly identified, and no inter-corporate meaningless tosh. GNER had a nice "The Route of the Flying Scotsman" logo on their stock, alas now gone, but it was a start in the right direction. Lets also bring back a bit of style, and have "Car No xxxxxx", instead of just a plain number. We need a bit (well, a lot really) of individual personality on our modern corporate boring railway. This would cost very little and I'm sure would be well received. Brit15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Banger Blue Posted October 12, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2013 the list of current FGW HST names... May I ask where that list is from, there seems to be quite a few missing, unless FGW have had a massive name call recently? MTU Power Great Western Society IRO Glorious Devon Penydarren The Royal British Legion The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, Royal Logistics Corps Newton abbot 150 Reading Panel Signal Box 1965-2010 Stroud 700 Exeter Panel Signal Box 21st Anniversary 2009 GWR 175th Anniversary Oxfordshire 2007 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpion Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Noooo, don't name coaches, what next? Bogie Bolsters!! Names are for locos, big locos, not shunters called postman pat, 70 001 Super Nova, 70 002 Galaxy, proper names Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Surely this selection would be to everyone's taste: 61001 Galaxy 61002 Milky Way 61003 Mars 61004 Cadbury's Dairy Milk 61005 Opal Fruits 61006 Polo Mints 61007 Fruit & Nut etc... etc... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpion Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 I knew that one was coming.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 You set 'em up, I'll knock 'em down..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted October 12, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2013 I don't think the Westerns are a good example to cite as potential inspiration for improving on some applied nowadays. Admittedly, some sounded quite impressive if read out loud, but most were just unused Warship names with 'Western' plonked in front and a lot of them were utterly meaningless to anyone using English as one of their first four languages. Western Duke? Named after John Wayne, perhaps? And why was there no "Western Accountant" - no dafter than most of the rest and "Western Auditor" sounds quite impressive! John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 12, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2013 Northern Ireland Railways named its three 111 class GM Co-Cos after the constituent former railway companies. I believe the nameplates were sponsored by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland: 111 = "Great Northern" 112 = "Northern Counties" 113 = "Belfast & Co. Down" Some of The Peppercorn A2's were named after the main constituents of the LNER, Great Central, Great Eastern, Great Northern and North Eastern. As an April fools spoof the Railway Magazine a few years ago suggested that it was intended that the locomotives would be painted in the colours of the companies whose names they carried. An A2 in GER blue with red connecting rods and a white cab roof rather takes my fancy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpion Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 actually, I quite like GBrfs policy, Julie ,Lisa, Tracey, Charlene some of these may not yet be public knowledge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Of course 61009 would be After Eight Mints... Better stop now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpion Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 every one on here comes up with a theme, this has got to be the point really, none of the real stuff has a theme we can forgive anything if its a theme Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 May I ask where that list is from, there seems to be quite a few missing, unless FGW have had a massive name call recently? MTU Power Great Western Society IRO Glorious Devon Penydarren The Royal British Legion The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, Royal Logistics Corps Newton abbot 150 Reading Panel Signal Box 1965-2010 Stroud 700 Exeter Panel Signal Box 21st Anniversary 2009 GWR 175th Anniversary Oxfordshire 2007 It came from a file I found on my PC from when I was trying to photograph as many as I could during the summer! I thought as I was copying them across that there should be more. I must have corrupted my file somehow :-( Thanks for providing the missing ones! However there still don't seem to be many in that list that I would call "silly" names - most are either fairly logical choices or have precedents from earlier locos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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