Karl
On Moderation
Bittern. Mallard and Kestrel are three I can think of. Are there anymore?
Bittern. Mallard and Kestrel are three I can think of. Are there anymore?
43089 HayabusaNot forgetting the Tinsley unofficial names on the Duff's. Cant think of any other diesels with bird names
.. Wren was one of ng shunters at Crewe or Horwich.
A Norwich-based 08 shunter carried, I think, "The Canary" in the late 80s/early 90s.LNER B-17 no.2859 was Norwich City (The Canaries). Now carried by 66713.
A1s 60120 Kittiwake, 60122 Curlew, 60130 Kestrel. 60131 Osprey, 60139 Sea Eagle, 60146 Peregrine - some previously on an A4.A4 bird names were:- (in build order)
4482 Golden Eagle
4483 Kingfisher
4484 Falcon
4485 Kestrel (renamed Miles Beevor)
4486 Merlin
4487 Sea Eagle (renamed Walter K. Whigham)
4488 Osprey (renamed Union of South Africa)
4489 Woodcock (renamed Dominion of Canada)
4493 Woodcock (name reallocated from 4489)
4494 Osprey (reallocated from 4488 but renamed Andrew K. McCosh)
4495 Great Snipe (renamed Golden Fleece)
4496 Golden Shuttle (renamed Dwight D. Eisenhower)
4497 Golden Plover
4462 Great Snipe (reallocated from 4495 but renamed William Whitelaw)
4463 Sparrow Hawk
4464 Bittern
4465 Guillemot
4466 Herring Gull (renamed Sir Ralph Wedgwood)
4467 Wild Swan
4468 Mallard
4469 Gadwall (renamed Sir Ralph Wedgwood, destroyed in air raid at York and name transferred to 4466)
4499 Pochard (renamed Sir Murrough Wilson)
4500 Garganey (renamed Sir Ronald Matthews)
4900 Gannet
4901 Capercaillie (renamed Sir Charles Newton)
4902 Seagull
4903 Peregrine (renamed Lord Faringdon)
The other original A4 names were:-
2509 Silver Link
2510 Quicksilver
2511 Silver King
2512 Silver Fox
4490 Empire of India
4491 Commonwealth of Australia
4492 Dominion of New Zealand
4498 Sir Nigel Gresley
A4 60027 and King Arthur 30740 were both named Merlin but only the A4 refers to the bird. The Arthur is named after the magician/wizard.There will be loads! Half the a4's were named after birds! A quick google/wiki would shiw this
Not forgetting the Tinsley unofficial names on the Duff's. Cant think of any other diesels with bird names
D829 MagpieNot forgetting the Tinsley unofficial names on the Duff's. Cant think of any other diesels with bird names
47121 Pochard
But these were not named after birds - like the rest of the class, they were named after ships - in their case, ships named after birds...D829 Magpie
D850 Swift
No definately a bird, a duck in fact. The Pochard is more regular than the Red Crested Pochard in most of the UK:-
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/pochard/