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East Lothian
Number: 91106 Location: Bombardier Doncaster Named by: No ceremony Date applied: 06/01 Style: GNER transfer, gold letters Meaning: Twinning of GNER traction with East Coast Route Notes: Supplier: -

Edinburgh Castle
Number: 91127 Location: Adtranz Doncaster Named by: No ceremony Date applied: 01/01 Style: GNER transfer, gold letters Meaning: Twinning of GNER traction with East Coast Route Notes: Previously named ‘Great North Run’ Supplier: -

East Riding of Yorkshire
Number: 43114 now 43314 Location: ? Named by: ? Date applied: C 12/05 Style: GNER transfer, gold letters Meaning: Twinning of GNER traction with East Coast Route Notes: Supplier: -

Essex Lifeboats
Number: 321444 car No. 71986 Location: Liverpool Street Station Named by: Terry Waite Date applied: 08/03/99 Style: First Great Eastern, RNLI logo cast on right Meaning: Twinning of RNLI with rail industry Notes: Name and unit blesses at Harwich Town on 31/07/99 during towns ‘Festival of the Sea’ Supplier: NR*

European Rail Operator of the Year

Number: 47309
Location: Chester station
Named by: John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister
Date applied: 24/04/98
Style: Standard, C/O/A below
Meaning: Unveiled to mark Freightliner’s award with European Rail Operator of the Year title by International Freighting Weekly magazine. Unveiled as part of European Transport & Environment Ministers meeting in Chester
Notes: Previously named ‘The Halewood Transmission’
Supplier: NR*

Edgar Evans
Number: 221131 Location: Crofton Depot Named by: No ceremony Date applied: 5/7/02 Style: Virgin Super Voyager Meaning: Series naming of Super Voyager fleet after voyagers. Petty Officer in Royal Navy who joined Captain Scott on the voyage to the South Pole on 'Discovery' Notes: Supplier: NR*

Exeter Explorer
Number: 150238 Location: Exeter Station Named by: TBA Date applied: 21/07/03 Style: Standard Wessex transfer Meaning: Series naming of Wessex refurbished Class 150s after local west country attractions and lines Notes: - Supplier: -

Entente Cordiale
Number: (37)3313 & (37)3314 Location: Waterloo International Station Named by: HM the Queen Date applied: 11/04/04 Style: Eurostar Meaning: To mark the 100th anniversary of signing the Entente Cordiale agreement in 1904 Notes: Unit also carried plaque to mark that the set achieved 334.7km/h in 2003 during testing of the CTRL Supplier: ?

Exmoor Explorer
Number: 158855 Location: Minehead Station Named by: No ceremony Date applied: 19/05/04 Style: Wessex Trains Meaning: To mark the 50th anniversary of Exmoor National Park Notes: Unit operated special train from Bristol to Minehead, first 2nd generation DMMU to operate over WSR Supplier:

east london express
Number: 66522 Location: Dagenham Dock Freightliner Named by: No ceremony Date applied: 12/11/04 Style: Stick-on Meaning: Twinning between Freightliner Heavy Haul and Shanks Waste Solutions to mark new East London contract Notes: Supplier:

Environment Agency
Number: 43097 Location: Bristol Temple Meads Station Named by: Alison Forster, Managing Director First Great Western Date applied: 07/09/06 Style: Standard FGW including logo Meaning: Twinning between First Great Western and Environment Agency to mark introduction of low emission power units on HSTs Notes: Supplier: -

Eddie the Engine
Number: 66411 Location: DRS Carlisle Named by: No ceremony, rolled out at Daventry Date applied: 19/09/06 Style: Special transfer Meaning: Named as part of the launch of the new Stobard Rail operation between Daventry and Grangemouth Notes: Supplier: -