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Class 195/331 nickame

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leo knight

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As there are nicknames for other rolling stock in the uk can anyone think of names that may stick with the new Northern civity units namely class 195/331.
I myself think they look like caterpillar's.
 
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We don't even have names for the long-established and numerous 455s. Not every design has to have a name.
 

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Rain in Spain falls mainly through the roof of the train.

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I can't see either replacing Pacers. 150/155/156 will probably do that. Even that will be a big upgrade on Pacer routes.

I have noticed that several stations on the Atherton line are currently having their platforms lengthened. If 150s or 156s were directly replacing 142s here, I can't see why this would be necessary. Does anyone have more information?
 

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The Class 195 could well be known as the Fernando Alonso: has a lot of potential, is considered to be a very good train; but ends up at bad train operators, or the wrong ones, all of the time.
 

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I suppose political correctness prevents the obvious plural of a four letter word beginning with D and ending with O!
 

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I suppose political correctness prevents the obvious plural of a four letter word beginning with D and ending with O!

Not 'political correctness' just not being an bigot and having a bit of common decency.

Anyway trying to foist or invent nicknames feeks a bit forced or nerdy especially when people insist on referring to them by obscure nicknames or trying to get ones they've invented themselves to catch on. What's wrong with civity or class 195/331? Hardly a mouthful is it?
 
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