Class 68 naming?

[atsf_fT]

Just pulled into Birmingham Moor st
off the 1010am Marylebone
?

 

[pdeaves]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/194412697@N02/51903782406/ shows it in a similar state on 25 February.

 

[CR165022]

it was meant to be revealed around last week but it got postponed, unclear when it will actually happen

 

[Trackman]

Do we know the name?
You could always post using the spoiler option.

 

[fgwrich]

Do we know the name?
You could always post using the spoiler option.

“The Marylebone Association / Westminster Council”

(Ps. This may be a Tongue in cheek post after recent events)

 

[Darandio]

"Vladimir Putin"

 

[XCTurbostar]

Seems very strange to name a loco when they will be leaving Chiltern in a few months?
In all fairness, it's probably just named Birmingham Flyer or something similar.

 

[CR165022]

has it actually been confirmed that theyre leaving though? and this may be wrong but ive heard its named after someone from chiltern who sadly passed due to covid, so if it is that then its a nice gesture

 

[Suraggu]

has it actually been confirmed that theyre leaving though? and this may be wrong but ive heard its named after someone from chiltern who sadly passed due to covid, so if it is that then its a nice gesture

The 68s and Mk.3s only have funding until just after the Commonwealth Games. DfT hasn't made a decision post that point but Chiltern have had to draw up timetables and unit diagrams if they are withdrawn.

Make no mistake the DfT want them gone and the only reason they are still around is because of the Commonwealth Games.

 

[73128]

Driver of 1010 down today told me (at High Wycombe) that it is going to be renamed after a former driver who has passed away.

 

[Balders]

Info received two are to be named after former staff members lost to the pandemic. Unsure of the second one.

Cheers

Guy

 

[David Smith]

Being named one this coming Sunday one sometime in the week after a driver & booking office employee who we lost in the pandemic.

 

[Spirit555]

Second one is 68015 (plates covered). Seen by a friend yesterday.

Mark

 

[warwickshire]

68015 is now named Kevin Helmer in full respect to a driver, who very sadly lost his life due to covid 19.
Was named at Birmingham Moor Street on Sunday the 10th April 2022.

 

[High Dyke]

68015 is now named Kevin Helmer in full respect to a driver, who very sadly lost his life due to covid 19.
Was named at Birmingham Moor Street on Sunday the 10th April 2022.

That's a nice touch. The Mem travelled behind it the other week from Warwick - Brum. I can tell her what was behind the curtain now.

 

[warwickshire]

68013 is now named Peter Winifred Bush recently named in respect to a booking office member off staff who very sadly lost their life due to covid 19.
On Wednesday 13th April 2022.