2009

SK4151 : Midland Railway Centre, Swanwick Junction

taken 15 years ago, near to Swanwick, Derbyshire, England

Midland Railway Centre, Swanwick Junction
Midland Railway Centre, Swanwick Junction
Locomotives have been named since ...well, since locomotives have been named, but not all locomotives have carried one. Some railways had a policy of not naming any. Some went through a period of naming everything. At one time, Chatham locomotives carried names, but no numbers. The London & North Western named the express passenger locos, but the London & South Western only bothered to name the most humble. As locomotives have been scrapped, bits that are worth anything have been removed to make a bob-or-two. The most famous of nameplates have been bought and sold for many thousands of pounds.
This locomotive, as did several of the class, carries the nameplates of a regiment. 45041 is based at the Midland Railway Centre and is operational.

R.E.L. Maunsell, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Southern Railway said, "Tell Sir Herbert (Walker), I have no objection (to giving the locomotives names), but I warn you it won't make any difference to the working of the engine."

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Category: Name plate
This photo is linked from: Articles: · Preserved diesel locomotives of British Rail Title Clusters: · Midland Railway Centre, Swanwick Junction [28] ·
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SK4151, 113 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Dave Hitchborne   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 12 April, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 3 January, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 4140 5197 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:3.8027N 1:23.0200W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SK 4140 5196
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