Travelmonkey
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All these propper names makes my suggestion seem silly, "Bedford Benny"
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Competition to name one of the Class 150s on the Marston Vale Line announced
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Gloster
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This might result in the "West Country" effect - or perhaps, better put, the "Reverse West Country" effect.
Not sure of your age or knowledge of steam traction - there was a class of passenger locos on the Southern named after West Country locations. It is said people got on the wrong trains at times "because it said on the locomotive the train was going to Salisbury*".
* Insert any name from about 55 locations.
In the case of the Marston Vale, it might leave people at Bedford "because the train was only going to Kempston Hardwick."
The same was said about the denaming and renaming of some of the GWR Duke of Cornwall and Bulldog classes in 1927 and 1930. It does seem as though all the place names were replaced, but only a few others.
How about naming the three of them "old", "dirty" and "late"
(with apologies to Network Southeast circa 1993)
D365
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How does one start an engine without an auxiliary supply?
I’d imagine those stations would be closed before any such naming takes effectThis might result in the "West Country" effect - or perhaps, better put, the "Reverse West Country" effect.
Not sure of your age or knowledge of steam traction - there was a class of passenger locos on the Southern named after West Country locations. It is said people got on the wrong trains at times "because it said on the locomotive the train was going to Salisbury*".
* Insert any name from about 55 locations.
In the case of the Marston Vale, it might leave people at Bedford "because the train was only going to Kempston Hardwick."
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To be honest, I think naming anything other than "proper locomotives" is a bit weird and weak, but I suppose there aren't enough of those these days.I’d imagine those stations would be closed before any such naming takes effect
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And then when that unit fails, can we all be "FED UP WITH BRICK!"?
Anonymous10
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Maybe a spy or code theme?
Bletchleyite
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"Bletchley Park - The Codebreakers"?
But really you want one named for Bletchley, one for Bedford and one either generically or for somewhere in between.
northwichcat
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Break the code and work out the time restrictions for tickets to London Euston.
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Name it after the great Turkish philanthropist Hazbin Kançelled
Ashley Hill
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How about Enigma?
DarloRich
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They should name one after me then i wont be able to berate them for poor service on twitter 
I suspect a combination of Bletchley park/Alan Turing/Station X / Enigma will be chosen
I suspect a combination of Bletchley park/Alan Turing/Station X / Enigma will be chosen
Bletchleyite
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Unless that's a given, i.e. they've already chosen the Bedford and Bletchley related names and this competition is for the third one?
Ashley Hill
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Paint them different colours then you can have the Enigma Variations!Paint it green and call it Daisy.
(I`ll get my coat........)
778
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Is there a good chance that the 3 LNR 150s could be the last 1980s built trains to be in regular service.
When did naming multiple units becoming a thing? None of the first generation EMUs or DMUs were named.
When did naming multiple units becoming a thing? None of the first generation EMUs or DMUs were named.
There were a lot more locos around on passenger services in those days which were named though plus it was a single public company.
Multiple units now rule the roost across the majority of the network hence the individual companies wish to apply their own names to their own fleets.
In answer to the question though the naming of units possibly started with Scotrail in the mid 1990’s with their 156’s and 158’s.
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It's possible, but there's plenty of competition and if they are it'll be well in the future. There are a number of 15x fleets with no replacements in prospect yet. The future of the MV fleet is dependent on how quickly the next phase of East West Rail progresses.
DarloRich
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yes they were! as below the ones that lived on the Marston Vale had names at various points. I believe the 2 car units were also named before them ( class 117?)
121027 - Bletchley TMD
121029 - Marston Vale
121031 - Leslie Crabbe
Class 115 51899 was named Aylesbury College too.
If they want something related to Bletchley Park, 'Colossus' would be a good choice ('The Bombe', probably less so).
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Some might say that 230001 could be a worthy candidate for that name