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When the 50s were named in the late 70s BR were expecting them to be called "Warships" but it was never going to happen with the enthusiasts, the 42s and 43s would always be the "Warships".
Arterio and City Beam spring to mind.
If that's the best they can think of, why bother.
Even before that, did "5WES" enter the common vernacular or were they known as "442s" or "plastic piggies" to most?The Southern Region designation for rolling stock 4-CEP etc was carried on by SWT for a while, but no one ever referred to a class 450 as a 4-DES.
There was a Turbo button on my computer back in 1991. I not sure it did anything.
460s as 8-GAT as well, but everyone seemed to just refer to them as 460s or 'Darth Vaders' or just 'Vaders'.Appalling names.
The Southern Region designation for rolling stock 4-CEP etc was carried on by SWT for a while, but no one ever referred to a class 450 as a 4-DES. Likewise, the class 378s have never widely been referred to as Capitalstars.
460s as 8-GAT as well, but everyone seemed to just refer to them as 460s or 'Darth Vaders' or just 'Vaders'.
To turn pedant mode on, it was 142s that squealed and slipped round branchlines in the Southwest until sense prevailed. The ones that eked out their days on the Devon Metro were (some of) the 143s - a long way from their original home -Heaton.Cornish branch lines, surely. The things eked out the last years of their life on the Devon branches
Hadn't 110mph running on the WCML already been in place for 15 years or so by the time the DVTs were introduced?Intercity 175 never seemed to catch on for the WCML mk3 DVT rakes when passed for 110mph operation either.
More like 5 or 6 years. 110mph operation started with the May 1984 timetable.Hadn't 110mph running on the WCML already been in place for 15 years or so by the time the DVTs were introduced?
Post #47's photo (pair of 142s in GW blue) is at Barnstaple, I think?To turn pedant mode on, it was 142s that squealed and slipped round branchlines in the Southwest until sense prevailed. The ones that eked out their days on the Devon Metro were (some of) the 143s - a long way from their original home -Heaton.
5-JUP for the 458s and 5-DES for the 444s too, though the latter example is/was entirely unofficial I beileve.The Southern Region designation for rolling stock 4-CEP etc was carried on by SWT for a while, but no one ever referred to a class 450 as a 4-DES. Likewise, the class 378s have never widely been referred to as Capitalstars.
Only nickname that I've really accepted for the 70 is Super Bone due to the aforementioned resemblance to the 58s, but I can also accept the fact that it's anything but widespread lolSome certainly tried to brand the Class 70s as fuglies but I don't see that term used enough to say with confidence it's a well used name, thankfully...
Come to think of it, aside from that and perhaps bone (due to resemblance with 58s), the 70s really don't have a proper nickname (certainly not one I'd accept haha)
Indeed it is Barnstaple in 2011.Post #47's photo (pair of 142s in GW blue) is at Barnstaple, I think?
There was a Turbo button on my computer back in 1991. I not sure it did anything.
142s did return to Exeter depot, and they actually fitted proper driving seats.To turn pedant mode on, it was 142s that squealed and slipped round branchlines in the Southwest until sense prevailed. The ones that eked out their days on the Devon Metro were (some of) the 143s - a long way from their original home -Heaton.
If I started playing motor-racing and football manager games on computer at work...Generally they allowed your PC to drop the clock speed to that of an original 8088 CPU so some older games wouldn't run too fast, but often weren't connected at all.
I think that's a model, though...NSE did try to market them as South Western Turbo in their very early days.
Indeed, SWR seemingly still do.
https://www.southwesternrailway.com/travelling-with-us/our-trains/class-159-south-western-turbo
I agree that the name "Turbo" is much more associated with the 165s and 166s.
The real life 159s carried the same branding, as did the timetables in the column headers for a time.I think that's a model, though...
It is indeed.I think that's a model, though...
4-JOP originally for the 458s - for Juniper Outer-suburban Porterbrook (if I remember correctly), but due to their inital reliability alternatively known as Jump Out and Push.5-JUP for the 458s
What's wrong with Arterio?Appalling names.
The Southern Region designation for rolling stock 4-CEP etc was carried on by SWT for a while, but no one ever referred to a class 450 as a 4-DES. Likewise, the class 378s have never widely been referred to as Capitalstars.
As I recall the 159s were branded West of England Turbo in their early days under NSE.NSE did try to market them as South Western Turbo in their very early days.
Indeed, SWR seemingly still do.
https://www.southwesternrailway.com/travelling-with-us/our-trains/class-159-south-western-turbo
I agree that the name "Turbo" is much more associated with the 165s and 166s.
1. Why does it need a name at all?What's wrong with Arterio?
Because it’s better PR to have a name.1. Why does it need a name at all?
2. “Blocked Arterios” (similarity to “blocked arteries” rather sums up the current, ongoing fiasco with them, and any future service interruptions if they ever actually enter service.
They had 'Class 185 Pennine First class' antimacassars. Thought it was pointless for pax and cranks alike.When First/Kelios had TransPennine Express they printed seating plans in the timetable booklets for the "Class 185 Pennine" and "Class 170 Turbostar" trains.
I recall referring to 155’s and 156’s as ‘Super sprinters’ when frequently travelling with a friend in the 80’s and early 90’sI don't think I've ever heard someone actually use 'AT200' to describe 385s, likely as its easier to just say 385 and a fleet name with numbers in it often isn't very memorable.
Also, few people say 'Express Sprinter' for 158s and 'Super Sprinter' for 153s and 156s, most folk just use 'Sprinter' for all of them.
I recall referring to 155’s and 156’s as ‘Super sprinters’ when frequently travelling with a friend in the 80’s and early 90’s
This is what I remember. Maybe it was the 156’s that showed ‘Super sprinter’Some films show Sprinter trains in this livery: https://paulbigland.files.wordpress...ff.-manchester-piccadilly.-19.06.1991crop.jpg and you can see the word Sprinter.