Birthdays

[Buttsy]

How many of you share a birthday of a loco or unit that has run on Britain's railways.

As an example, my birthday 06/03/69 could be either 06 369 or 60 369, neither of which have existed so far...

 

[yorksrob]

I was born on 12/11/77, so if there were 177 bubble cars built I might have a chance

 

[Jordy]

With some zero removal I could be 08191

 

[paulravuslante]

This is my train if you drop the 0 on the year of my birth

 

[Class172]

Are there any with 02197 or 20197 (my birthday's 02/01/97)?

 

[Jordy]

Well there was...http://www.flickr.com/photos/cookephotography/4984223258/

 

[mumrar]

How many of you share a birthday of a loco or unit that has run on Britain's railways.

As an example, my birthday 06/03/69 could be either 06 369 or 60 369, neither of which have existed so far...

Its always going to be difficult to share a birthday with a loco properly as you have to loose a digit. A lot more people could share their birthday with units. Their must be some one born on 17th March 2001 which would be 170301, for example.

 

[GNER 373]

Mine would be a Super Voyager if there was enough made,
22nd November 1982 - 221 182!

 

[flymo]

My birthday is 31/7/66 so being a but cunning, if I use the American way of writing it, it becomes 7/31/66 and there was a BR standard class 5 of that name 73166. (OK it is a bit contrived but what the heck.)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/peter_leigh/5659057434/lightbox/

It was born in 1957 and only lasted 9 years, it was cut up in 1966. What a waste.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Like flymo, providing that I use the American date method and drop the first 0, 6th April 1945 becomes (0) 40645.

This is a Fowler 2P 4-4-0 locomotive, built on 31st August 1931, then withdrawn on 31st October 1961 at the British Railways works at Inverurie, giving 30 years of service. I thank that it was always based at shed 67B (Hurlford)

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Hmm.... without the leading zero on the month I can claim 25 167...

 

[45rpm]

my d.o.b is 07/01/68. i don`t know if the class 07s ever got re-numbered under TOPS & i`ll be surprised if the class 70 fleet ever reaches number 168. any suggestions for any steam locos?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

my d.o.b is 07/01/68. i don't know if the class 07s ever got re-numbered under TOPS & i'll be surprised if the class 70 fleet ever reaches number 168. any suggestions for any steam locos?

Unfortunately, the Brittania class only ever ran from 70000 to 70054.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

06/04/95 with a bit of removing could become 60495 or 06495, but I don't know if either of them ever existed!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

06/04/95 with a bit of removing could become 60495 or 06495, but I don't know if either of them ever existed!

That makes me exactly 50 years older than you...see my earlier posting.

By doing it the American way of showing the date, as I and another poster did, you are in luck

40695 was a 4-4-0, Class 2P-B steam locomotive, built on 30/11/1932 and withdrawn on 31/3/1961, putting in nearly 30 years of service.

 

[me123]

Unfortunately, no-one ever saw fit to build 170291 Don't know about 17291, but I don't think there is/would have been one. There's possibly a carriage or wagon or something somewhere numbered 17291, but I honestly don't care enough to go and find out!

 

[LE Greys]

Afraid there weren't enough Class 07s to fit, nor enough Class 70s so far. 07884 or 70884

 

[gnolife]

I dont think we've made it to Class 241 yet (DoB 24th November '92)

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I think DB has / might have had a 241.192 in Germany?

 

[alexf380]

UK: 20/09/89
US: 09/20/89
I can get (0)92089
If only enough 92s were built!

 

[Eagle]

My main thought when reading this thread is why is everyone so goddamn young these days? You're all younger than me and I'm still at university!

I'm 90-03-11, so no luck there no matter how you do it. Unless DBS decide to modify some of their electric locos, call it Class 90/3, and use at least eleven of them...

 

[IanPooleTrains]

Unfortunately, I drew a short straw because my birthday is 14th March 1983

So, dunno if they did a 140383 but with a bit of juggling around, 143083? Great, share my birthday with a pacer bus

 

[Welshman]

With Paul and Flymo, if I drop a "0" and use the American way, I can be
90748, which I think should be a War-Department 2-8-0 Austerity!!
I do feel old!!
Clank, clank.

 

[blackettstreet]

I would be 141 097, if it exists

 

[imagination]

With my birthday, for the english way of writing they need to increase 15 fold the number of a loco class that went out of production over 50 years ago. For the American way of writing it, however, it doesnt even exist.

 

[90019]

Dependiing how you write it, either 50491 or 05491.

 

[blackettstreet]

Great, share my birthday with a pacer bus

I would be 141 097, if it exists

Aw, Pacers aren't that bad! (When you're not riding them...)

 

[valenta]

Aw, Pacers aren't that bad! (When you're not riding them...)

Hearing them is bad enough for me, thank you. Could be used as a torture technique, rubbing nails along a blackboard then the screech of a Pacer coming round a corner!

 

[bb21]

My main thought when reading this thread is why is everyone so goddamn young these days? You're all younger than me and I'm still at university!

I'm 90-03-11, so no luck there no matter how you do it. Unless DBS decide to modify some of their electric locos, call it Class 90/3, and use at least eleven of them...

The picture you're looking for is here, in the American way.

 

[Eagle]

The picture you're looking for is here, in the American way.

See, I read that as my good friend Dan's birthday; he was born on January 31.