😎 "Summer comes soonest in the south" 😄 I grew up in the USA southeast seeing our own Southern Railway in the Carolinas and Georgia; and, yes, summer indeed comes sooner in that south, after all, Macon, Georgia is at 32-something degrees N latitude and Marrakesh, Morocco, is at 31-something degrees N latitude.
Even if some railways never named their locos often, at the very least a lot of them had nicknames. The L&YR had Highflyers and Lanky Tanks, the NER had Rail Crushers, the LNWR had Jumbos, the GCR had Pom Poms, the H&BR had Tinies, and the GER had several such as Buckjumpers, Gobblers, Hikers and even Humpty Dumpties of all things.
Very informative video. Over here in Western Australia we were known for naming some of our locos on both the Government railway (WAGR) and some of the long gone private railways (MRWA) Off the top of my head some of our named engines were: The WAGR C class 4-6-2's which I do recall were named after wood types "Black Butte" especially The WAGR P, PM and Pmr's were the 'River' class The S and W class 4-8-2's also bore names (although I think the W's only gained theirs in preservation...) Others were the MRWA F class diesels named after shires, (for those who don't know what they look like, think narrow gauge shrunk class 20's) and in the Westrail days their P class diesels also bore names of shires, of which are still in service.
It all started in the very early days, Rocket, Sans Pareil, Novelty, etc. This followed in the wake of the stage coaches, many of which had fancy names
Great video, mate. The VR (Vline) named their locomotives. City of - Melbourne (steam) N class desiel Swan Hill, Bendigo, Ballarat, Geelong, Warnambool and more. G class Mike Moy, Peter Pan and Kevin Sheedy Express, to name a few.
Hi, Another very interesting video, thank you so much. You really seem to enjoy presenting these videos, and you do it so well. Look forward to the next one, all the very best Dave.
What's in a name? That Canadian Pacific logo in video thumbnail brings to mind that sometimes nothing beyond marketing ploys was in the name, for instance, here in the US the "Saint Louis - San Francisco" Railway went from Dallas, Texas, to Pensacola, Florida. _(umm wait a minute, isn't Florida the opposite direction from San Francisco?)_ Although I will give them 1 point of credit for actually going to Saint Louis. I live along old Missouri Pacific tracks & it got no closer to the Pacific than Colorado and Texas, before it was absorbed by the Union Pacific, which actually does make it to the Pacific coast. And then there was the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific, commonly known as the Rock Island, which likewise didn't go further west than Colorado. It appears that for some time in this continent's history, "Pacific" was the magic word of big plans intended to attract big money from investors.
I could be wrong but I read that Battle of Britians were n' t identicle to West Countrys but were slightly narrow in the Cab due to the smaller Loading Guage on the Tunnels on the Boat Train Lines .
I don’t know why, but I think it would be cool to see one of either the Battle of Britains, the West Country class, or the Merchant Navy class locomotives wearing an American Southern Railway 3-chime step-top whistle.
😎 "Summer comes soonest in the south" 😄 I grew up in the USA southeast seeing our own Southern Railway in the Carolinas and Georgia; and, yes, summer indeed comes sooner in that south, after all, Macon, Georgia is at 32-something degrees N latitude and Marrakesh, Morocco, is at 31-something degrees N latitude.
Even if some railways never named their locos often, at the very least a lot of them had nicknames. The L&YR had Highflyers and Lanky Tanks, the NER had Rail Crushers, the LNWR had Jumbos, the GCR had Pom Poms, the H&BR had Tinies, and the GER had several such as Buckjumpers, Gobblers, Hikers and even Humpty Dumpties of all things.
Very informative video. Over here in Western Australia we were known for naming some of our locos on both the Government railway (WAGR) and some of the long gone private railways (MRWA)
Off the top of my head some of our named engines were:
The WAGR C class 4-6-2's which I do recall were named after wood types "Black Butte" especially
The WAGR P, PM and Pmr's were the 'River' class
The S and W class 4-8-2's also bore names (although I think the W's only gained theirs in preservation...)
Others were the MRWA F class diesels named after shires, (for those who don't know what they look like, think narrow gauge shrunk class 20's) and in the Westrail days their P class diesels also bore names of shires, of which are still in service.
Great video Will, keep up your Excellent Work and Presentation. 👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
It all started in the very early days, Rocket, Sans Pareil, Novelty, etc. This followed in the wake of the stage coaches, many of which had fancy names
Excellent video as usual. Very informative and interesting to see how loco naming came about. Love the films from the past added in as well.
Excellent narrative! You do it so well and don't waste a word. A lot of hard work and research I'm sure. Thank you. 👍
That was well done. Great archive footage too. All the best.
That was really interesting and informative Will. Thank you. 👍
Great video, mate. The VR (Vline) named their locomotives.
City of -
Melbourne (steam)
N class desiel
Swan Hill,
Bendigo,
Ballarat,
Geelong,
Warnambool and more.
G class
Mike Moy, Peter Pan and Kevin Sheedy Express, to name a few.
Hi, Another very interesting video, thank you so much. You really seem to enjoy presenting these videos, and you do it so well. Look forward to the next one, all the very best Dave.
What's in a name? That Canadian Pacific logo in video thumbnail brings to mind that sometimes nothing beyond marketing ploys was in the name, for instance, here in the US the "Saint Louis - San Francisco" Railway went from Dallas, Texas, to Pensacola, Florida. _(umm wait a minute, isn't Florida the opposite direction from San Francisco?)_ Although I will give them 1 point of credit for actually going to Saint Louis. I live along old Missouri Pacific tracks & it got no closer to the Pacific than Colorado and Texas, before it was absorbed by the Union Pacific, which actually does make it to the Pacific coast. And then there was the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific, commonly known as the Rock Island, which likewise didn't go further west than Colorado. It appears that for some time in this continent's history, "Pacific" was the magic word of big plans intended to attract big money from investors.
I wrote that before starting the video and was pleased with how quickly marketing was brought up in it! 😁
Nice🎉Video
Well done Will and team that was truly excellent. Thoroughly enjoyed watching. All the best!!
I could be wrong but I read that Battle of Britians were n' t identicle to West Countrys but were slightly narrow in the Cab due to the smaller Loading Guage on the Tunnels on the Boat Train Lines .
Nice video Will. the island platform at Horstead Keynes looks like it could do with some TLC.
Really good informative video, really enjoyed that!
hi Will great video, i have learn't something to day, take care
Another great production! FWIW, 1 of the original "Canadian Pacific" plates resides at Exporail in Canada...
Excellent video Will thank you. Made even better with the GWS Didcot and the Bluebell being included.
If I may ,the castle is pronounced tin-TA-gel, other than that, up to your usual high standard Will!
Very good. Informative and concise.
Another great video.
Great video it’s pronounced Tin tagle Castle I think.
I don’t know why, but I think it would be cool to see one of either the Battle of Britains, the West Country class, or the Merchant Navy class locomotives wearing an American Southern Railway 3-chime step-top whistle.
Anyone recognise the music in this one? At about 9:31 to end
7:40 So... Why not East Countries?
Schools class named for highly privileged upper class kids (except for those attending Christ's Hospital).. Brilliant! :-(