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A lot of halls to choose from. Shall I go for Crumlin Hall, as many appear to be crumbling? No, I shall go for Keele Hall, which I thought was what was done to naughty sailors. Lloyd
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Such a lot of Castles to chose from. I was tempted by Drysllwyn Castle on the grounds of the amusement seeing non-welsh folk trying to pronounce it (Drysllwyn has three vowels in it!), and also because it was carried by three different locos of the same class (5051, 5076, and 7018). Is that a record? But I have to go for 100A1 Lloyds, for obvious reasons. Lloyd
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I see on Wikipedia that it is spelt Sheil rather than Shiel. Is that a Wikipedia mistake or a NBR mistake? Lloyd
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I'll go for Glen Shiel. There are two Glen Shiels, one by Glenfinnan and one at Shiel Bridge on the A87 towards Skye. I have many memories of driving up and down the second Glen Shiel on my way away from or towards my then home on Skye. I was even involved in the maintenance on that road for a time. Talking of Skye, at one time (maybe still there) there was a sign on the West side of the island to the 'Skye Diving Centre'. Confusing? Lloyd
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My memories of Grantham are from the early 1960's. I think the Lincoln trains were DMUs by then, but the Nottingham trains were still steam hauled at first, before changing over to DMU's with a speeded up timetable. I don't recall ever seeing a DMU heading South from Grantham. Lloyd
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But it will make sense! Lloyd
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Tony Kit built model Locomotives. Lloyd
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Tony Just been watching your video for World of Railways. I do not have sound on this computer (my own moved to our new residence a month ago, and we don't until next week!), so was reading the automatic subtitles with amusement. Bachmann was interpreted variously as Batman or Black Man, and kits came out as kids, with some interesting changes of meaning! Very good - I look forward to watching it again with sound in a couple of weeks time. Lloyd
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Somme for this poll. A suitable name to represent a very somber time. Lloyd
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How did he manage to sail to Jo'burgh? Lloyd
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I'll go for New Zealand Line this time. That was who the fellow on the Norfolk worked for. Lloyd
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Not quite a storm off New Zealand, but someone I knew had a fascinating but earie story. He was on a Ship called the Norfolk off Hastings in the 1930's when the big earthquake occured. The previous ship of the same name, an old sailing vessel, had sunk in that area. During the earthquake, in the dark, the wreck rose up just beside them, and they could read the name and recognize the rigging. The crew were very quiet for a while after that! Lloyd
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I'll plump for Portland Bill. I wonder who he was? ! Lloyd
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If I remember correctly, the loco on W Churchill's funeral train was not 30451, as that was not available at the time. Another light pacific (I can't remember which one) swapped names and numbers with it. My favorite memory of the funeral is the report in, I think, the Daily Telegraph, which state ' As the train bearing Sir Winston Churchill's coffin pulled away from the platform, a large CROW sang 'Abide with me'.' Lloyd
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I'll go for Lynmouth today. One of the few places on WC class that I have been to. Is WC a suitablw name for the class? I will refrain from comment. Lloyd
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Apart from the first three, I can't say that I have heard of any of them. From the little I know about those three, I'll vote for Drake. I hope it doesn't get the Duck too excited, though. Lloyd
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If the heritage railway is included, then I will vote for Nuclear Fred - what a lovely name! If not, none of them grab me. Lloyd
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For this poll, I'll plump for Lancing. Is that a specialist school for learning how to treat boils? Lloyd
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Gilbert Even though I prefer the GWR and its pre-grouping companies, I agree that Kings and Castles are OK, but the 'interminable Halls Granges and Manors' are rather scraping a vary rough barrel. Lloyd
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Pendragon for this one. Lloyd
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For this one, I'll go for Samson as most suitable. I had wondered about Goliath, but surely strength is more appropriate for a loco than simply size. For the worst name, I would plump for Ostrich. Would you feel safe with something with its head in the sand leading your train? Lloyd
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Again a few to choose from. Reme and Illustrious are both contenders, and the two Privates referred to before are both are both strong contenders, But I will go for Bunsen. I am sure plenty of fireman would have been please to see some large Bunsen burners, with an appropriate gas supply, in their firebox! Worst name, surely Giggleswick. Apologies to the inhabitants, but difficult to take it seriously. Lloyd
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Mid-Cornwall Lines - 1950s Western Region in 00
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Could someone please enlighten me as to what this Baldry's rule is? Lloyd -
I'll go back to Express. Most suitable name for an express loco. As for Shovell - !!!!! Lloyd
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That means makes it difficult to choose. I think I will plump for New South Wales. I quite enjoyed it there, and in old South Wales. I suppose that makes it doubly attractive. Lloyd
