No worry, be happy... your suggestions are worthy of being included here. I have often wondered why Swindon, after naming a 9F as Evening Star, did not include Western Star, Western Sunrise and Western Sunset in the original namings. Then again, no one had a sense of humour so we did not get:-Sorry Doggers for side tracking your thread but it looked so much fun, didn't realise we had to be serious as it was for Academic reasons.
I have the book - which is how I knew about the 300 Western names. Let me know what you need.Who has this source and can check on one name for me please?
A quick scan, OCR and cleanup gives the attached file of names.It would give you something to do
Well that legitimises the Lady and Tornado!... an additional member of a class that actually was built has more credibility than, say, something that was proposed but never got off the drawing board.
Good. out comes my 55109 and 34001 (LMS10000 in dutch)It's your model mate and you can name it whatever you want. if people can model fictitious locations and 'what ifs' then you can do the same with your loco
Our wish is for each engine to carry headcodes for the Paddington / Birmingham services via the Great Western "New Line" - the services over the Great Western & Great Central Joint - with each engine having one headcode for a down service and one headcode for an up service. Any suggestions?
Thank you for this.. interesting picture in the current Hornby magasine shows D1000 heading a down service, through the Down Main at High Wycombe, carrying a "2A.." headcode.You'll want a 1Mxx code going north and 1Vxx up to Padd, because the services nearly all ran through to Birkenhead and were hence inter-Regional. If I get time tonight, I should be able to find a few shots in my library that will confirm.
Thank you Dave, that list is going to satisfy the academic interest for yonks.
Now a modelling question... how do peeps feel about using any of the "unused" names for a model of the D1000 class? Given that the Great Western Society has named the "new" Saint in an entirely appropriate manner... as has the A1 Trust... why should I not name my model of Swindon's finest diesel as Western Legend for that is what the class has become.
regards, Graham
Given that the Great Western Society has named the "new" Saint in an entirely appropriate manner... as has the A1 Trust... why should I not name my model of Swindon's finest diesel as Western Legend for that is what the class has become.
So that this topic does not cause any mis-conception amongst the readers I asked a member of the A1 Trust, responsible for management of the drawings, about the naming decision. As Jeff has suggested, the origin of the name for the new build is the publicity associated with the Tornado aircraft at the time when the engine was being built. My contact added:- "As far as I can determine it is the fifth loco to carry the name, a broad gauge GW, LNWR a Brit and others".Would that the A1 trust had done so. ... "Tornado" got it's name from a bit of jingoism during the Gulf conflict, afaik. The name had already been carried by at least one other loco.
Thank you, a good start. If 1M06 and 1M18 are for services in the same WTT then the Chester arrival must have been a very early departure from PDN.1M18 - 0910 Padd - B'head
1V07 - 1140 B'head - Padd
1M06 - arrival at Chester from Padd, no further details
1V03 - B'head - Padd at Hatton, no further details