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The Royal Dragoon Guards

Number: 43039
Location: York station
Named by: Major General Patrick Cordingley DSO and Irene Waudby, Lord Mayor of York
Date applied: 16/3/02
Style: Transfer
Meaning: Twinning of GNER with Royal Dragoon Guards on their return to base in York
Notes: Light from Neville Hill with barrier 6344 for event
Supplier: -


The International BrigadesSpain 1936 - 1939

Number: 90015
Location: Stoke-on-Trent station
Named by: Jack Jones, former General Secretary of the TUC and member of The International Brigades
Date applied: 09/02/98
Style: Virgin Trains C/O/A above
Meaning: Event originally planned for 1996, to markthe 60th anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil War and the dedication of British men and women to fight for democracy in Spain
Notes: Loco previously named 'BBC North West'
Supplier: NR*


The Royal Scotsman
Great Scottish & Western Railway Co
Number: 37428
Location: York station
Named by: Ed Burkhardt, Chief Executive Officer EWS and Furgus Hobbs, Chief Executive Officer of Great Scottish & Western Railway
Date applied: 15/04/98 Date removed: 02/04
Style: Special shield
Meaning: Twinning of EWS with Royal Scotsman luxury train
Notes: Previously named ‘David Lloyd George’ Loco repainted in Royal Scotsman maroon for event and also carried cast EWS logos. Transferred to 37401
Supplier: PC

Traction Magazine
Number: 47851 (D1648)
Location: Derby station
Named by: David Brown, Editor Traction Magazine
Date applied: 15/1/02
Style: Special
Meaning: Twinning of railway media with VT
Notes: One of VT celebrity Class 47 fleet
Supplier: NR*

Traction magazine
Number: 31110 (D5528)
Location: Bury Bolton Street, East Lancs Railway
Named by: David Brown, Editor Traction Magazine
Date applied: 10/09/99
Style: Special, based on EWS
Meaning: Naming agreed by EWS in recognition of Traction Magazine’s support of the ELRs 1999 gala
Notes: Loco restored to 1950s livery prior to event
Supplier: ?

Thames Voyager
Number: 220007
Location: Central Rivers Depot
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 23/1/02
Style: Voyager design
Meaning: Voyager fleet naming, after routes
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

The Institute of Logistics
and Transport
Number: 92031
Location: Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham NEC
Named by: Allen Johnson, Chief Operating Officer EWS
Date applied: 13/06/01
Style: Special EWS, incorporating logo
Meaning: Named to twin Institute with EWS, unveiled at 2001 convention
Notes: Loco taken by road to hotel car park for event
Supplier: PC

The Samaritans

Number: 91009/91109
Location: Adtranz Doncaster
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: ??
Style: GNER transfer, gold letters
Meaning: See above
Notes: Name changed to GNER style (See main book), also ‘The’ removed from name in 09/01. See Samaritans
Supplier: -


The Railway Observer
Number: 60001
Location: Toton depot
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 23/02/01
Style: Standard, detail plate above ‘The Journal of The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society RCTS www.rcts.org.uk'
Meaning: See above
Notes: Name previously on 37890, new secondary plate. Naming formed an inspection of the loco
Supplier: NR

The RAILWAY MAGAZINE
Number: 43197
Location: Laira depot
Named by: Nick Pigott, Editor and Colin J. Marsden, Modern Traction Editor of The Railway Magazine
Date applied: 06/02/01 Date removed: 19/8/03
Style: Special
Meaning: Named after the UKs oldest railway title, replacement name after power car painted in Virgin livery
Notes: Previously named ‘Railway Magazine Centenary 1897-1997’
Supplier: NR*

Tiger
Number: Amey Railways track machine DR73108
Location: Plasser & Theurer, West Ealing
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 08/00
Style: Standard cast
Meaning: Fleet naming for Amey Railways machines
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

The Red Arrows
Number: 43068
Location: Leeds Neville Hill
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 21/11/00 Date removed: 05/04
Style: Standard, C/O/A above
Meaning: See entry in book
Notes: Re-application of historic plates, previously carried by 43155. This power car previously ‘The Red Nose’
Supplier: NR

The Hope Valley
Number: 66601
Location: Dewsbury Blue Circle Terminal
Named by: Gareth Ward, Works Manager at Hope
Date applied: 29/11/00
Style: Standard Freightliner
Meaning: Named by Freightliner to mark the dedication of a specific loco to a customer flow, that of BCI traffic from Hope to Dewsbury or Weaste
Notes: Letter ‘o’ of Hope finished in BCI blue. First Class 66/6 naming, named prior to entry into service
Supplier: NR*

The Railway Children Partnership
Working For Street Children Worldwide
Number: 90031
Location: Old Oak Common Depot
Named by: Sally Thomset, actress
Date applied: 06/08/00 (open day)
Style: Standard
Meaning: To mark twinning of EWS with charity
Notes: Previously named ‘Intercontainer’
Supplier: PC

Tamar
Number: 47832
Location: Landore Depot
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 05/01
Style: Standard
Meaning: See entry in book
Notes: Re application of name. One new plate cast 07/00
Supplier: NR/NR*

The White Rose

Number: (37)3303
Location: York station
Named by: Hugh Bayley, MP for York
Date applied: 30/05/00
Style: GNER Transfer, white letters
Meaning: Named to mark launch of GNER Eurostar stock on ‘White Rose’ Kings Cross-York services
Notes: First Eurostar naming. After unveiling formed 09.23 York-Kings Cross for naming of (37)3304
Supplier: -

Number: (37)3304
Location: Kings Cross
Named by: Frank Dobson MP
Date applied: 30/05/00
Style: GNER Transfer, white letters
Meaning: Named to mark launch of GNER Eurostar stock on ‘White Rose’ Kings Cross-York services
Notes: Second unveiling of name (see above), named prior to departure of 12.34 to York
Supplier: -


Terence Cuneo
Number: 91011
Location: Adtranz Doncaster
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 06/00
Style: GNER transfer, gold letters
Meaning: See main book entry
Notes: Style changed to GNER, return of original name
Supplier: -

The Institution of
Mechanical Engineers
Number: 47817
Location: Toton depot
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 25/10/99 Date removed: 04/03
Style: Standard C/O/A above
Meaning: See main book entry, reapplied to this loco as removed from 47841 without just reason to allow application of another name
Notes: Refitted following complaints of removal
Supplier: PC

The Hundred of Hoo

Number: 60042
Location: EWS Hoo Junction
Named by: Colin Kerswell, Driver at Hoo Junction
Date applied: 03/07/99
Style: Standard EWS
Meaning: Unveiled to mark staff open day held at Hoo Junction in recognition of the centenary of freight operations from Hoo Junction
Notes: Previously named ‘Dunkery Beacon’
Supplier: PC


The Surrey Hills

Number: 319013 car No. 71784
Location: Dorking North Station
Named by: Richard Wakeford, Chief Executive of The Countryside Agency
Date applied: 21/05/99
Style: Standard Connex Rail
Meaning: Named to launch a new ‘Days out in Surrey Hills’ brochure
Notes:
Supplier: NR*


Tom Jones
Number: 143609
Location: Cardiff Queen Street station
Named by: Tom Jones, singer
Date applied: 15/11/98
Style: Cardiff Valleys
Meaning: Named after one of Wales’s most famous people - singer Tom Jones
Notes: Name later changed to Sir Tom Jones
Supplier: NR*

Toton Traction Depot
Number: 58050
Location: Toton Traction Depot
Named by: Brian Smith & Eddie Lewis, staff from depot
Date reapplied: 30/08/98
Style: Standard
Meaning: Re-application of name to mark 1998 EWS open weekend
Notes: See entry in main book
Supplier: NR

The Big Dish
Number: 90014
Location: Manchester Piccadilly station
Named by: Bill Wyman, musician
Date applied: 24/06/98 Date removed: 11/99
Style: Virgin Trains ‘stick-on’, including logo
Meaning: Twinning of the Virgin Trains with the 1998 Manchester Food & Drink Festival held between 1-11 October. Secondary stick-on plate Manchester Food & Drink Festival 1998 1-11 October carried on body side at opposite end to name
Notes: Loco also carried Virgin Trains ‘Silver Lady’ logo, only Class 90 to do so. Previously named ‘The Liverpool Phil’.
Supplier: -

The Irish Mail
Tren Post Gwyddelig
Number: 43101
Location: Euston station
Named by: Deputy Mayor of Camden, Roy Shaw
Date applied: 31/07/98 Date removed: 09/00
Style: Virgin Trains stick on, including logo
Meaning: Named to mark the 150th anniversary of operation of the first ‘Irish Mail’ from Euston to Holyhead
Notes: Power car also ‘dedicated’ at Holyhead on 01/08/98 by Deputy Mayor of Holyhead John Chorlton
Supplier: -

The Hatfield Comet
Number: 317363 car No. 71748
Location: Hatfield station
Named by: Cllr Sue Jones, Chairman of Hatfield District Council
Date applied: 28/5/98
Style: WAGN
Meaning: Unveiled to twin WAGN with town and to mark 150 years of town development around the station and 50 years of development around the aerospace factory close to the town from where the Comet was designed and built
Notes: After naming formed special to Stevenage
Supplier: PH

The MALCOLM Group
Number: 37610
Location: W H Malcolm terminal, Grangemouth
Named by: ??
Date applied: 15/04/02
Style: Standard, C/O/A above
Meaning: Twinning of The Malcolm Group with traction provider DRS
Notes: Unveiled at opening on enhanced facility at Grangemouth
Supplier: NR*

The Chase Line
Number: 150118
Location: Stafford station
Named by: Roger Wright, Chairman of Staffordshire County Council
Date applied: 18/05/98 only
Style: Stick on
Meaning: To mark the opening of the Chase Line
Notes: Named for a day only
Supplier: -

Techni?uest
Number: 43002
Location: Cardiff Central station*
Named by: (Adam Hart-Davis, BBC presenter)*
Date applied: 05/05/98*
Style: Special
Meaning: Twinning of GWT with new Science Discovery park in Cardiff Bay
Notes: Official unveiling was called off evening before event following derailment of iron-ore train at Cardiff. Plates were applied by St Philips Marsh on 04/05/98 and ran covered until 09/05/98 then uncovered
Supplier: NR*

The Felixstowe Partnership
Number: 47207
Location: Felixstowe North Freightliner Terminal
Named by: The Hon Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Date applied: 27/04/98
Style: Standard
Meaning: To mark a new 5-year contract between Freightliner and the Port of Felixstowe
Notes: Previously named ‘Bulmers of Hereford’
Supplier: NR*

The Lion of Vienna
Number: 47807
Location: Bolton station
Named by: Nat Lofthouse, Cllr Peter Birch, Mayor of Bolton and Bolton Evening News competition winner Pamela Parr
Date applied: 20/04/98 Date removed: 07/02
Style: Standard Virgin Trains
Meaning: Name selected by a local competition run by Bolton Evening News to find name for a loco. Named after footballer Nat Lofthouse, who scored two goals against Austria on 25/05/52 and was nicknamed ‘Lion of Vienna’ by sports writer Desmond Hackett
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

The Royal Scotsman
Number: 37401
Location: Motherwell Depot
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 03/01
Style: Special
Meaning: Twinning of EWS with Royal Scotsman charter train
Notes: Name previously carried by 37428. This loco previously ‘Mary Queen of Scots’
Supplier: PC

Tyne Voyager
Number: 220011 car No. 60211
Location: Newcastle Central Station
Named by: John Marshall, The Sheriff of Newcastle
Date applied: 18/2/02
Style: Virgin Voyager
Meaning: Named to mark the introduction of ‘Voyager’ sets in the Newcastle area
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

Tay Voyager
Number: 220031 car No. 60231
Location: Dundee Station
Named by: John Letford, Lord Provost of Dundee
Date applied: 7/3/02
Style: Virgin Voyager
Meaning: Named to mark the introduction of ‘Voyager’ sets in Scotland, and twinning of Voyager sets with line of route
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

THE RAILWAY HORSE
Number: 60089
Location: Bewdley Station, Severn Valley Railway
Named by: ??
Date applied: 8/6/02
Style: Special, with cast logo
Meaning: Named at SVR's 'Heavy Horse Power' weekend, to note association of the use of horses in rail shunting
Notes: Previously named 'Arcuil'
Supplier: PC

Thor Heyerdahl
Number: 221138
Location: Crofton Depot
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: to be applied
Style: Virgin Super Voyager
Meaning: Series naming of Super Voyager fleet with legendary voyagers. Thor Heyerdahl (1914- ) Norwegian explorer
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

Thunderbirds
Scott Tracy
Number: 57301
Location: Euston Station
Named by: Gerry Anderson, founder of Thunderbirds TV show
Date applied: 17/6/02
Style: Special, International Rescue C/O/A above
Meaning: Series naming of 16 Virgin/Porterbrook 'Thunderbird' locos
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

Thunderbirds
Virgil Tracy
Number: 57302
Location: Brush Works Loughborough
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 07/02
Style: Special, International Rescue C/O/A above
Meaning: Series naming of 16 Virgin/Porterbrook 'Thunderbird' locos
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

Thunderbirds
Alan Tracy
Number: 57305
Location: Brush Works Loughborough
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 12/02 Date removed: 02/03
Style: Special, International Rescue C/O/A above
Meaning: Series naming of 16 Virgin/Porterbrook 'Thunderbird' locos
Notes: Name should have been applied to 57303, applied to 57305 in error Changed 02/03
Supplier: NR*

Thunderbirds
Alan Tracy
Number: 57303
Location: Brush Works Loughborough
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 02/03
Style: Special, International Rescue C/O/A above
Meaning: Series naming of 16 Virgin/Porterbrook 'Thunderbird' locos
Notes: Name previously carried in error by 57305
Supplier: NR*

Thunderbirds
Gordon Tracy
Number: 57304
Location: Brush Works Loughborough
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 10/02
Style: Special, International Rescue C/O/A above
Meaning: Series naming of 16 Virgin/Porterbrook 'Thunderbird' locos
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

Thunderbirds
John Tracy
Number: 57305
Location: Brush Works Loughborough
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 02/03
Style: Special, International Rescue C/O/A above
Meaning: Series naming of 16 Virgin/Porterbrook 'Thunderbird' locos
Notes: Name previously carried by 57305 in error
Supplier: NR*

Thunderbirds
Jeff Tracy
Number: 57306
Location: Brush Works Loughborough
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 03/03
Style: Special, International Rescue C/O/A above
Meaning: Series naming of 16 Virgin/Porterbrook 'Thunderbird' locos
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

Thunderbirds
Brains
Number: 57309
Location: Brush Works Loughborough
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 06/03
Style: Special, International Rescue C/O/A above
Meaning: Series naming of 16 Virgin/Porterbrook 'Thunderbird' locos
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

Thunderbirds
Lady Penelope
Number: 57307
Location: Brush Works, Loughborough
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 08/03
Style: Special, International Rescue C/O/A above
Meaning: Series naming of 16 Virgin/Porterbrook 'Thunderbird' locos
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

Thunderbirds
Parker
Number: 57311
Location: Brush Works Loughborough
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 07/03
Style: Special, International Rescue C/O/A above
Meaning: Series naming of 16 Virgin/Porterbrook 'Thunderbird' locos
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

Thunderbirds
Kyrano
Number: 57310
Location: Brush Works Loughborough
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 07/03
Style: Special, International Rescue C/O/A above
Meaning: Series naming of 16 Virgin/Porterbrook 'Thunderbird' locos
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

Thunderbirds
Tin Tin
Number: 57308
Location: Brush Works, Loughborough
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 05/03
Style: Special, International Rescue C/O/A above
Meaning: Series naming of 16 Virgin/Porterbrook 'Thunderbird' locos
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

Thunderbirds
The Hood
Number: 57312
Location: Brush Works, Loughborough
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 09/03
Style: Special, International Rescue C/O/A above
Meaning: Series naming of 16 Virgin/Porterbrook 'Thunderbird' locos
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

The Queen Mother
Number: 47773
Location: Toton Depot
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 08/02
Style: Standard
Meaning: See main entry
Notes: Previously applied to 47722, name originally applied to this loco as 47541
Supplier: NR*

Talyllyn
50 Years of Railway Preservation
1951-2000
 
Notes: Name due to be applied to 86258 at Birmingham International on 02/11/00 as part of the annual Warley model railway show, event called off due to National Rail problems in wake of Hatfield derailment. By the time event was re-scheduled, it was 2001 and plates re cast
Supplier: NR*

Talyllyn
50 Years of Railway Preservation
1951-2001
Number: 86258
Location: Birmingham International Station
Named by: Roger Whitehouse, Chairman of Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society
Date applied: 09/05/01
Style: Standard Virgin Trains, C/O/A above
Meaning: Continuation of twinning of national railway with Talyllyn Railway, this plate to mark 50 years of preservation
Notes: See main entry. Loco previously named ‘Talyllyn The First Preserved Railway’
Supplier: NR*

The West Cornwall Experience
Number: 150244
Location: Penzance station*
Named by: ?
Date applied: 16/9/02
Style: Standard Wessex Trains Transfer
Meaning: Named to mark first refurbished Wessex Trains Class 150, and to mark the 150th anniversary of the West Cornwall Railway
Notes: * Applied three days prior to official naming, used in traffic. Sponsor Penwith District Council, branded with West Cornwall logos
Supplier: -

The Scottish Railway
Preservation Society
Number: 37411
Location: Motherwell Depot
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 04/01
Style: Standard
Meaning: See entry in main book
Notes: Name transferred from 37413. 37411 previously named ‘Ty Hafan’
Supplied by: PC

The Railway Mission
See Main entry picture
Number: 90040
Location: National Railway Museum, York
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 11/10/01
Style: Standard EWS
Meaning: See entry in main book
Notes: Name previously applied to 47725 (different style). 90040 formed backdrop on NRM turntable during special 120th anniversary service held by The Railway Mission
Supplied by: NR*

Tony Long
Stratford Depot
1971–2002
Number: 08872
Location: Stratford Depot (Temple Mills)
Named by: Steven Long, Tony Long's brother
Date applied: 05/09/02
Style: Standard EWS half size letters
Meaning: Named after Tony Long, a fitter at Stratford depot since 1971 who died of a heart attack in early 2002
Notes: -
Supplier: PC

The Tarka Belle
Number: 150241
Location: Barnstaple station
Named by: Nigel Smith, Head of North Devon Marketing Bureau
Date applied: 28/10/02
Style: Wessex Trains Transfer
Meaning: Twinning of refurbished Wessex Class 150 fleet with route, named after Exeter-Barnstaple 'Tarka Line'
Notes: Sponsor North Devon Marketing Bureau, branded with North Devon logos
Supplier: -

The Fosse Way
Number: 47200
Location: Wabtec Doncaster
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 7/11/02 Removed: 12/07
Style: Standard
Meaning: Twinning of Cotswold loco fleet with local Cotswold locations
Notes: Transferred to 57005
Supplier: PC

Turbostar Partnership 300
Number: 170397
Location: Birmingham International Station
Named by: Richard Bowker, Chairman of the SRA
Date applied: 26/11/02 Date removed C09/03
Style: Special
Meaning: To mark the introduction of the 300th Adtranz/Bombardier 'Turbostar' vehicle and the joint partnership between Porterbrook and Bombardier, event sponsored by Central Trains, operator of the set
Notes: Named as part of the 2002 Railtex event
Supplier: ?

The Round Tabler
Number: 86215
Location: Norwich and London Liverpool Street
Named by: Ken Donald, President of Round Table
Date applied: 12/03/03
Style: Standard, new cast logo above
Meaning: Named to mark 75th anniversary of Round Table movement
Notes: Name previously carried by 86229. This loco previously named Norwich Cathedral. This naming carried out prior to departure of and after arrival of 11.00 Norwich-Liverpool Street
Supplier: NR*

The Institution of Civil Engineers
Number: 90029
Location: Crewe Electric Depot
Named by: Professor Adrian Long, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Date applied: 08/04/03
Style: Standard
Meaning: Continuation of the twinning of the Institution with EWS
Notes: Name previously carried by 47366 and 47975. Different plates for this naming
Supplier: PC

The Exmouth Avocet
Number: 150253
Location: Exmouth Station
Named by: ??
Date applied: 19/05/03
Style: Standard Wessex transfer
Meaning: Series naming of Wessex refurbished Class 150s after local west country attractions and lines
Notes: Sponsor Exmouth Town Council, branded with Exmouth logos
Supplier: -

The Whitley Wonder
Number: 150266
Location: Paignton Station
Named by: ??
Date applied: 24/02/03
Style: Standard Wessex transfer
Meaning: Series naming of Wessex refurbished Class 150s after local west country attractions and lines
Notes: Sponsor Paignton Zoo, branded with Paignton Zoo logos
Supplier: -

The Riviera Flyer
 
Number: 150261
Location: Paignton Station
Named by: ??
Date applied: 12/05/03
Style: Standard Wessex transfer
Meaning: Series naming of Wessex refurbished Class 150s after local west country attractions and lines
Notes: Sponsor Torbay Council, branded with English Riviera logos
Supplier: -

The Tamar Kingfisher
Number: 150230
Location: Plymouth Station
Named by: ??
Date applied: 27/05/03
Style: Standard Wessex transfer
Meaning: Series naming of Wessex refurbished Class 150s after local west country attractions and lines
Notes: Sponsor Tamar Valley Tourist Association, branded with Tamar Valley logos
Supplier: -

The Falmouth Flyer
Number: 150265
Location: Falmouth Station
Named by: ??
Date applied: 22/03/03
Style: Standard Wessex transfer
Meaning: Series naming of Wessex refurbished Class 150s after local west country attractions and lines
Notes: Sponsor National Maritime Museum, Cornwall, branded with National Maritime Museum, Cornwall logos
Supplier: -

The Great Gardens of Cornwall
Number: 150248
Location: Truro Station
Named by: ??
Date applied: 24/03/03
Style: Standard Wessex transfer
Meaning: Series naming of Wessex refurbished Class 150s after local west country attractions and lines
Notes: Sponsor Great Gardens of Cornwall, branded with Cornish Gardens logos
Supplier: -

The National Trust
Number: 150234
Location: Bodmin Parkway Station
Named by: ??
Date applied: 10/04/03
Style: Standard Wessex transfer
Meaning: Series naming of Wessex refurbished Class 150s after local west country attractions and lines
Notes: Sponsor National Trust, branded in National Trust Devon & Cornwall logos
Supplier: -

The Penistone Line
Partnership
Number: 144001
Location: Huddersfield Station
Named by: Diana Crowther, Commercial Director of Arriva Northern and her five-year-old daughter Georgina
Date applied: 10/07/03
Style: Stick-on
Meaning: Unveiled at Huddersfield Rail Day, to mark work of Partnership
Notes:
Supplier: -

The Lass O' Ballochmyle
Number: 47635
Location: Toton Depot
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 25/07/03
Style: Standard, C/O/A above
Meaning: See main entry
Notes: Previously carried by 37692
Supplier: NR

The Railway Children
Number: (44)2411
Location: Waterloo Station
Named by: Dr Kim Howells MP, Transport Minister
Date applied: 30/07/03 Date removed C 09/06
Style: Standard SWT
Meaning: Twinning of rail industry with The Railway Children charity, named at the presentation of two cheques from SWT and Modern Railways to charity
Notes: -
Supplier: DP

The Castles of Cornwall
Number: 150263
Location: Truro station
Named by: t/b/a
Date applied: 01/09/03
Style: Wessex transfer
Meaning: Twinning of Wessex Trains refurbished Class 150 fleet with West Country Tourist industry
Notes: Name applied 23/08/03. Sponsor English Heritage, branded with Pendennis Castle and Tintagel Castle
Supplier: -

The Lady Margaret of Looe Valley
Number: 150233
Location: Looe Station
Named by: Cllr Sid Gardner, former Mayor of Looe
Date applied: 29/10/03
Style: Wessex transfer
Meaning: Twinning of Wessex Trains refurbished Class 150 fleet with West Country Tourist industry. Named after Andrew Barclay 2-4-0T built for the Liskeard and Looe Railway in 1902 and became GWR 1308. Named after wife of Captain Spicer who funded the connection between the Looe branch and the GW main line at Liskeard
Notes: Sponsor Caradon District Council, branded in Looe valley livery
Supplier: -

The Coastal Connection
Number: 150232
Location: Barnstaple station
Named by: Sir Ian Amory, Chairman of the South West Coast Path
Date applied: 19/11/03
Style: Wessex transfer
Meaning: Twinning of Wessex Trains refurbished Class 150 fleet with West Country Tourist industry and the South West Coast Path
Notes: Sponsor South West Coast Path, branded in South West Coast Path livery
Supplier: -

The Tottenham Flyer
Number: 317723 car 77070
Location: Stansted Airport Station
Named by: David Lammy, MP for Tottenham
Date applied: 26/09/03
Style: Standard
Meaning: Twinning of Tottenham with Stansted Express airport service
Notes: -
Supplier: NR*

Terri
Number: 08691
Location: Port of Felixstowe
Named by: Terri Calvesbert (6)
Date applied: 13/10/03
Style: Standard 08
Meaning: Named following staff competition, named after local Ipswich girl who received 90% burns in a house fire
Notes: -
Supplier: NR*

Treloar College
Number: 450042
Location: Alton station
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 05/12/03
Style: Standard SWT
Meaning: Twinning of SWT with Treloar College for disabled children
Notes: -
Supplier: DP

Thunderbirds
Fire Fly
Number: 57314
Location: Brush Works Loughborough
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: tba
Style: Special, International Rescue C/O/A above
Meaning: Series naming of 16 Virgin/Porterbrook 'Thunderbird' locos
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

Thunderbirds
The Mole
Number: 57315
Location: Brush Works Loughborough
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 18/11/04
Style: Special, International Rescue C/O/A above
Meaning: Series naming of 16 Virgin/Porterbrook 'Thunderbird' locos
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

Thunderbirds
Tracy Island
Number: 57313
Location: Brush Works Loughborough
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: tba
Style: Special, International Rescue C/O/A above
Meaning: Series naming of 16 Virgin/Porterbrook 'Thunderbird' locos
Notes:
Supplier: NR*

Thunderbirds
Fab 1
Number: 57316
Location: Brush Works Loughborough
Named by: John Bidewell, Managing Director of Brush Traction
Date applied: 17/12/04
Style: Special, International Rescue C/O/A above
Meaning: Series naming of 16 Virgin/Porterbrook 'Thunderbird' locos
Notes: Named to mark completion of the Class 57/3 project
Supplier: NR*

The Highlands
Number: 43113
Location: Bombardier Doncaster
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 12/03
Style: GNER Transfer
Meaning: Series naming of GNER traction
Notes:
Supplier: NR*


The Railway Magazine
Number: 66503
Location: Lawley Street Freightliner terminal
Named by: Nick Pigott - Editor, Chris Milner - Deputy Editor The Railway Magazine
Date applied: 17/02/04
Style: Special
Meaning: Twinning with UKs oldest railway title
Notes: Plates previously carried by 43197
Supplier: NR*

The Fab 444
Number: 444018
Location: Waterloo Station
Named by: 'Counterfeit Beatles' group
Date applied: 24/05/04
Style: Desiro
Meaning: Named to mark the introduction of 444s on SWT services
Notes: First Class 444 named
Supplier:

The Heart of Wessex
Number: 31454
Location: Bristol Temple MeadsStation
Named by: Bernard Lane, founder member of The Heart of Wessex Rail Partnership
Date applied: 04/08/04
Style: Wessex, White Horse logo above
Meaning: Twinning of Wessex Trains with Heart of Wessex Rail Partnership
Notes: -
Supplier: NR*

Tintagel Castle
Number: 57603
Location: Penzance station
Named by: James St Aubyn, High Sheriff of Cornwall
Date applied: 19/10/04
Style: FGW
Meaning: Series naming of Class 57/6 fleet after castles
Notes: -
Supplier: NR*

The Mayor of Casterbridge
Number: 31601
Location: Bristol Temple MeadsStation
Named by: Pam Rayer, Bath Chronical newspaper competition winner
Date applied: 18/10/04
Style: Wessex,
Meaning: Named after the Thomas Hardy novel
Notes: -
Supplier: PC

Totnes Castle
Number: 57605
Location: Totnes Station
Named by: Eric Dancer, Lord Lieutenant of Devon
Date applied: 21/09/04
Style: FGW
Meaning: Series naming of Class 57/6 fleet after castles
Notes: -
Supplier: NR*

The Filton Partnership
Number: 150243
Location: Filton Abbey Wood station
Named by: David Smith from the SRA, Alan Wilson, MD of Wessex Trains
Date applied: 02/07/04
Style: Wessex transfer
Meaning: Named to mark completion of remodelling of Filton Abbey Wood station and the provision of a third platform
Notes: -
Supplier: -

The Fenman
Number: 365518
Location: Kings Lynn Station
Named by: Elizabeth Forgan, widow of Cllr David Forgan, Chairman of the Norfolk Rail policy group
Date applied: 10/03/05
Style: Stick-on
Meaning: Named in honour of the late Cllr David Forgan, Chairman of the Norfolk Rail policy group
Notes: -
Supplier: -

The Olympian
Number: 87012
Location: Euston Station
Named by: Sylvia Disley, British competitor in 1948 London games
Date applied: 25/02/05
Style: Standard
Meaning: Named in support of the London bid for the 2012 Olympic games. Loco repainted in NSE livery with Back the Bid logo
Notes: -
Supplier: NR*

The AC locomotive Group
Number: 87002
Location: Willesden Depot
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 26/04/05
Style: Standard c/o/a above
Meaning: Twinning of Virgin Trains, Porterbrook Leasing and the AC Locomotive Group, to mark the group's efforts at preservation of UK electric locos
Notes: -
Supplier: NR*

Tony Amos
Number: 357004
Location: ?? Station
Named by: Tony Amos, retired c2c driver from East Ham
Date applied: ??
Style: Standard
Meaning: Named to honour the long service of c2c driver Tony Amos
Notes: -
Supplier:

The Black Dyke Band
Number: 43116
Location: Bradford Forester Square Station
Named by: Dr Nicholas Childs, Director of Music for the Black Dyke Band
Date applied: 10/12/05
Style: GNER stick-on
Meaning: Twinning of Black Dyke Band with ECML operator GNER
Notes: -
Supplier:

The St. Ives Bay Belle
Number: 153329
Location: St Ives Station
Named by: Mrs ? Carter, winner of comp set by Wessex Trains
Date applied: 04/12/05
Style: Wessex stick-on
Meaning: Named to mark the reintroduction of a Sunday service over the St Erth-St Ives line
Notes: -
Supplier: -

The National Trust
Number: 43169
Location: Swindon Station
Named by: Anne Dixon, Director of Customer Services, The National Trust
Date applied: 10/11/05
Style: Special
Meaning: Rededication event
Notes: Replacement for reflective plate
Supplier: NR*

Tam the Gun
Number: 91122
Location: Edinburgh Waverley Station
Named by: Joyce McKay, widow
Date applied: 06/111205
Style: GNER stick-on
Meaning: Named as a tribute to 'Tam the Gun' Thomas McKay MBE, the late District Gunner of Edinburgh who fired the One O'clock gun from Edinburgh Castle for over 25 years. Thomas was also a keen railway enthusiast and former rail employee
Notes: -
Supplier: -

The Looe Valley Explorer
Number: 153369
Location: Wabtec Doncaster
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 20/12/05
Style: Wessex stick-on
Meaning: Series naming of Wessex stock after line of route
Notes: Official naming planned for 23 January 2006 at Liskeard station, called off as unit not available
Supplier: -

Transport for London
Number: 315817
Location: Liverpool Street Station
Named by: Ian Brown, Managing Director of Transport for London
Date applied: 7/02/06
Style: 'one' Great Eastern
Meaning: Named to mark #2.7m investment by 'one' Great Eastern, TFL and London Borough of Hackney in on train and station security
Notes:-
Supplier: -


Transforming Travel
Number: 319425
Location: Bedford Station
Named by: Elaine Holt, Managing Director of First Capital Connect
Date applied: 26/10/06
Style: First Capital Connect stick-on
Meaning: Named to mark the first fully refurbished Class 319 to enter service for FCC
Notes: Named prior to operating launch special to Brighton
Supplier: -

Titan Star
Number: 47848
Location: WCRC Crewe
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 10/06
Style: Standard
Meaning:
Notes:
Supplier: -

The Hackney Empire
Number: 313134
Location: Hackney Central Station
Named by: Jules Pipe, Mayor of Hackney
Date applied: 31/05/06
Style: Silverlink stick-on
Meaning: To mark £120,000 of improvements to Hackney Station
Notes:
Supplier: -

Thomas Whitelegg
1840 - 1922
Number: 357029
Location:
Named by:
Date applied:
Style: Standard c2c
Meaning:
Notes:
Supplier: -

Talisman
Number: 47805
Location: Riviera Crewe
Named by: To be applied
Date applied:
Style: Great Western style
Meaning: Re-use of traditional railway name as part of fleet naming of Riviera fleet
Notes:
Supplier: -

Tyne 100
Number: (08701)
Location: EWS Tyne Yard
Named by: No ceremony
Date applied: 21/10/05
Style: Painted
Meaning: Name applied to de-registered 08 for use internally at Tyne Yard
Notes: Previously named 'The Sorter'
Supplier: -

The Drax Flyer
Number: 66585
Location: Leeds Midland Road
Named by: Peter Emery, Production Director. Drax Power
Date applied: 01/10/07
Style: Standard
Meaning: Name applied to mark new contract between Freightliner Heavy Haul and Drax Power for delivery of coal and limestone to the power station
Notes: -
Supplier: -

The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Number: 43070
Location: Paddington station
Named by: Prince Philip, as Colonel-in-Chief of Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
Date applied: 16/10/07
Style: Standard
Meaning: Twinning of FGW with REME
Notes: -
Supplier: -

Tread Lightly
 
Number: 373001
Location: St Pancras International station
Named by: Tony Juniper, Chairman of Friends of the Earth
Date applied: 14/11/07
Style: Eurostar
Meaning: Named to mark the Eurostar initative to reduce its environment impact
Notes: Unveiled prior to departure of first commercial Eurostar service to depart from St Pancras International, 11.01 to Paris Nord
Supplier: -

TravelWatch SouthWest
Number: 43034
Location: Taunton station
Named by: Chris Irwin, Chairman of TravelWatch SouthWest
Date applied: 01/03/08
Style: Standard FGW
Meaning: Named to mark the bond between First Great Western and TravelWatch SouthWest. 43034 previously named The Black Horse.
Supplier: -

Teenage Spirit

Number: 60074
Location: National Railway Museum, York
Named by: Eric Pollard, Actor
Date applied: 01/03/08
Style: Standard EWS
Meaning: Named in support of Teenage Cancer Trust
Notes: Loco repainted in light blue of Teenage Cancer Trust
Supplier: -



   
 

   
 


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