Train Nicknames...

[Juniper Driver]

150 Ice Cream van?
450/5(HC) Duracell

What about 350 Desiro?
332 Heathrow Express weird looking trains?

 

[schmoo_smith]

class43/mk3 - fag packet livery

 

[kite]

what is the origin of 'grid' for a 56 please

 

[hairyhandedfool]

Something to do with pulling coal around for national grid power stations?

 

[Gizmogle]

I always thought it was cause they had a grid thing on the front...

http://www.class56.co.uk/picture/56116-jc-120701.jpg

 

[Juniper Driver]

Yeah I wasn't fully sure but the two explanations seem plausible.

Class 332 is Bumble Bee...

60 is Doughnut as you can see right through them..If not already posted.


Cant see it really.

 

[EE Type 3]

what is the origin of 'grid' for a 56 please

The horncover on the front.

Also due to their long association with Coal traffic you could say that's how they kept the names.

 

[xc170]

220/221/222/390 = plastic c%$p

 

[wishbone332]

I call all class 25s "Dancing Sulzers"!

 

[P156KWJ]

Yeah I wasn't fully sure but the two explanations seem plausible.

Class 332 is Bumble Bee...

60 is Doughnut as you can see right through them..If not already posted.


Cant see it really.

class 92s are also nicknamed doughnuts because of the rings representing the channel tunnel on each end from BR days.

 

[Phoenix]

Well heres a few that i think need including

20 = whistleing wardrobes
44/45/46 = wagons
81/82/83/84/85 =ROARERS
86 = Cans
87 = vans (dont know why)
89 =Avocet/flying badger
90 = skoda (stupid name really)

 

[P156KWJ]

08: billy bunter
57: body snatcher
59/66: Daddy ying ying
66: a mate now calls em 'dishwashers'

 

[Juniper Driver]

class 92s are also nicknamed doughnuts because of the rings representing the channel tunnel on each end from BR days.

Oh thanks for the info.:grin:

 

[driver9000]

321: Dusty bin

(sorry if I missed it in an earlier post I did look......honest)

 

[BOSCH]

GC hsts - Black Pig,Black Pearl or Black B@*&%$d(this appears to be nxec's favourite name,cant think why !!!)

 

[Sir_Clagalot]

08 Gronk (or Jocko if in Brum)
20 Chopper
31 Peds
35 Hymek
37 Tractor / Growler
40 Whistler
42 Warship
44/45/46 Peaks
47 Duff / Spoons
50 Hoovers
52 Westerns
56 Grids (I always thought due to the coal traffic)
57 Body Snatchers
60 Doughnut / Tug
59/66 Shed / Fred / Dred / Bluebird
67 Skip

 

[P156KWJ]

170: strimmer (sorry if I've mentioned that already)

 

[JonathanP]

87 - Electric Scot

 

[Juniper Driver]

450/5 HC

High Capacity

To the theme of High Fidelity...Irene Cara FAME?

Hounslow Crap

 

[hairyhandedfool]

Rail Express labelled 60040 as "tug of war"

 

[EE Type 3]

Rail Express labelled 60040 as "tug of war"

"This train continues at Army.mod..."

 

[mbonwick]

armyjobs.mod.uk

 

[Bighat]

Why should modern traction have it all?

LNER/BR Class A4 - Streak

SR class Q1 -Spam Can

 

[Juniper Driver]

New name heard today after a driver got tripped by TPWS grids.

TPWS Grids = Landmines,because you don't know when they are going to go off.

 

[Siggi155]

And in some other european countries...

Czech and slovakian classes 230/240/340: "Laminatka" (= laminate lady, due to it's construction material)

German class 232/234/241: "Russian cow" - often "Ludmilla", too. But drivers usually call them the russian cows.

German class 151: "Washing machine", "Bathtub", "Shake-shake-shake" (from the song "shake your booty" by K.C: & The Sunshine Band), "Wacker plate", all names due to the loco's very shaky and waggling running manners and its absolutely outworn lurch dampers.

DB class 155: "Power brick" - due to it's body shape and it's enormous tractive force and pulling power. In former times these locomotives were painted in a dark red livery, so they seem to look like a brick.

Austrian class 1044/1144: "Alpine hairdryer" and "Austrian vac(uum cleaner)" - due to the noise of the cooling fans.

German class 219/229: "(Romanian) Submarine" - The class has bull's eye windows allongside the side walls (and was built in Romania).

Hungarian class V43: "Szili" - MÁV class V43 were the first hungarian locomotives with silicon rectifiers.

And there are many many more...

 

[90019]

225: Stealth Bomber (in GNER livery)

 

[Waverley125]

08: Gronk
24/5/6/7: Rat

 

[LilLoaf]

Class 142's - nodding donkeys, not sure if that been mentioned

 

[Chilled Phill]

They have been mentioned, LilLoaf.

Apparently '323's are known as "Badgers", anybody care to elaborate on the meaning?

 

[EE Type 3]

24/5/6/7: Rat

Really only 25s were called Rats, as there was so many of them, the 24s, 26s and 27s weren't so widespread. The 26s and 27s are McCromptons. Never really got the point of class 26s, why not build more 27s, or uprate the 26s??