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57313 will have more than a few issues attempting to visit Tracy Island
In the case of Class 66s;
66501 Japan 2001 - Needs a ship to get there
66594 NYK Spirit of Kyoto - See above
66714 Cromer Lifeboat - Can't actually get to the RNLI station
66752 The Hoosier State - See the Japan ones but for Illinois
and all those named after football clubs, since they can't actually get into the grounds.
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LMS/ BR Coronation 46237 Ciy of Bristol visited several times from April 21 1955 to 21 May 1955 and even got to Plymouth may 10 !Would 46237 have visited Bristol?
Although neither of the Battle of Britain's could visit their namesake Airfields directly, both have run on lines that pass within a mile of the perimeter fence (West Coastway to Chichester and the Ramsgate-Dover line)West Countrys ‘Wadebridge’, ‘Sidmouth’, ‘Boscastle’ and ‘Braunton’, and Battle of Britains ‘Tangmere’ and ‘Manston’ would have difficulty reaching ‘their’ towns nowadays. ‘Boscastle’ and the two BoBs never could have under their own steam.
If we've got this far from the Original Topic, then presumably both the 9F and 66 incarnations of 'Evening Star' qualify?Most GWR named locos would probably struggle to get to the various buildings they were named after, and as for Lode Star…
Sadly not. All the 159s lost their names during the SWR repaints / vinyling. Which is something of a shame!Has 159001 still got city of exeter?
Ironically, the 3 preserved Locos are all named outside the region! Stowe is with the Bluebell, Repton is with the NYMR and Cheltenham is part of the National Collection.Were all the Southern Railway Schools class locomotives named after schools on the Southern?
At least one was briefly named Uppingham after the school in Rutland, although the name was changed after the school objected.Were all the Southern Railway Schools class locomotives named after schools on the Southern?
It became Bradfield, which is in the hills between Aldermaston and Pangbourne.At least one was briefly named Uppingham after the school in Rutland, although the name was changed after the school objected.
At least one was briefly named Uppingham after the school in Rutland, although the name was changed after the school
Though it could've cleaned the floor at Laira by doing a bit of hoovering...50046 Ajax never attended a football match in Amsterdam.
Though it could've cleaned the floor at Laira by doing a bit of hoovering...
Not only has the line never been electrified but the (now re-opened) station was closed in 1965, they started building the 87s in 1973.87032 "Kenilworth"
I suspect the idea in mind was the novel Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott for the Cl 87 Anglo-Scottish connexion.Not only has the line never been electrified but the (now re-opened) station was closed in 1965, they started building the 87s in 1973.
BR must have been pretty desperate for names.
It could get pretty close to Slough Trading Estate though, which is where all those locations were first brought into existence.57313 will have more than a few issues attempting to visit Tracy Island
Probably, the book is still named after the place it at least its castle though.I suspect the idea in mind was the novel Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott for the Cl 87 Anglo-Scottish connexion.
The APT named ‘City of Derby’
The APT E was, but the APT P was a Crewe Works job.Was that because the APT was built at Derby?
FUN FACT (sorry if I'm going off on a tangent) St Davids is the only city in Britain that was never served by trains (the other cities that don't have railway stations; Ripon, Wells and St Asaph; previously did before Beeching Axe came in) - back to the topic, it's possible 47793 was named after the saint himself rather than the city47793 was for a while named Saint David - the city of that name has never had a railway station.
Not a city, but 37403 is named Isle of Mull. Even more extreme, a number of the 37s adapted for Night Star duties were named after constellations - Cassiopeia, Andromeda etc!