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staticxfreak wrote:Does anyone know if the names "The Sapper" and "Atlas" are in use at the moment?
Think Atlas is on one of the Fragonset 47s but could be wrong.
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Is there anything running at the moment called Isambard Kingdom Brunel ?

If not we should hang our heads in shame.

Oh, and name all the others after Counties, Halls, Granges, Castles and Kings !
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66077 has James Nighthall GC, and 66079 has Binjamin Gibert GC nameplates, under the cabs on oppostie sites, they were named privatly in Whitemoor not long after it re-opened.

As for the post "id like to see some more geographical names on locos" the class 60s in grey still carry their orignal nameplates, and some survive into EWS, such as 069 Slioch, 002 High Peak.

Finaly, if i ever got the change to be remembered on a loco, it would have to be a DRS 37, them machines are just hellfire!!!!

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oldrocker wrote:Is there anything running at the moment called Isambard Kingdom Brunel ?
The green class 60 was named IKB wasn't it?
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AlistairW wrote:
oldrocker wrote:Is there anything running at the moment called Isambard Kingdom Brunel ?
The green class 60 was named IKB wasn't it?
FGW have a class 43 power car named after the great man...there was also there WAS a class 158 dmu but it think it was cascaded early in the new FGW franchise.
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158860 - still running around for Arriva Trains Wales with it's sticky nameplate, or at least it was not long ago!
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Bleaklow Hill , classic name
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