class 45 names

[westernpunk]

anyone know why D 60 / 45022 was named lytham st annes when all the others were named after regiments, always wondered

 

[Gloster]

anyone know why D 60 / 45022 was named lytham st annes when all the others were named after regiments, always wondered

To be honest, I doubt we will ever know. The name had previously been used on a Patriot, a class which included both regimental and ‘resort’ names, so it might have been that they intended to name a lot of the Class 45 (or at least the Crewe built ones) after names on the same theme, but only did a handful. There is no evidence of this: it is only my guess.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

anyone know why D 60 / 45022 was named Lytham St Annes when all the others were named after regiments, always wondered

That was the first Peak I had haulage behind. June 1972 on the Thames Clyde Express between Settle and Carlisle.

Great days. But to answer the question posed, I have no idea but in later years did think it was slightly odd too.

 

[Gloster]

It seems that the decision to cease naming locomotives was made at the BR Board’s meeting on December 7 1964 as it was felt that the practice did not fit the new Modern Image that the railway wanted to project. However, names that had already been agreed were still to be fitted: the last was D68 Royal Fusilier in January 1967.

Source: Encyclopaedia of Modern Traction Names.

 

[norbitonflyer]

A similar quirk was that one, and only one, class 46 got a name - another regiment

 

[Halwynd]

There could be a clue here:

Lytham & St.Annes on the Sea Lancashire - Local History - Militia & Volunteer Corps

www.amounderness.co.uk

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From the 1860s to the early 1900s, Lytham and St Annes were visited by volunteer corps, militia & yeomanry from various towns for training and mock military exercises. A volunteer group was also formed at Lytham about 1860 and some Lytham Volunteers fought in the Boer War.​

 

[Gloster]

There could be a clue here:

Lytham & St.Annes on the Sea Lancashire - Local History - Militia & Volunteer Corps

www.amounderness.co.uk

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I doubt that this would still be a reason for the name as late as the 1960s. However, some of the Patriots had the names of LMS resorts, a theme that seems to go back to the L&NWR George V Class.