Black 5 for Speedbird591

[Fodda]

I'd just like to point out, I don't have an anorak... Or notebook full of numbers either...

[DaveB]

I didn't think that for one minute. You're just a chap who's interested in the railways (and god knows.. we have a load here!) and knew the answer to what was a genuine question regarding the use of nameplates

You don't have an anorak and a little book full of numbers do you??

It was a great answer mate and I commend it to the house

ATB

DaveB

[Harry Basset]

Headboards are regularly used on preserved railways, usually on their prestige trains such as a Pullman type dining train. They are also made for special occasions such as works outings and retirements. I made one to commemorate the Railway Letter Service of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. I made it a border of RLS postage stamps heavily varnished so they didn't peel off. I also made for specials to go on the engines on Yorkshire day, each headboard carried the name of a famous Yorkshire hero. Another trick when we were expecting visiting dignitaries was to adorn the front of their loco with their national flag crossed with a Union Jack, the flags always looked great at the start of the trip but at the end of the run they would be oil streaked from the exhaust.

[delticbob]

This image shows a beautiful BR green class 55 Deltic carrying the headboard for the route even though no Deltic was ever named Flying Scotsman in their own right.

Well done that man

The biggest faux pas (OMG I speak French cough cough spit!!) is in people refering to LNER Pacific No. 4472 as ' "THE" Flying Scotsman', which was the 10am departure from Kings Cross. Where as the locomotive is only named "Flying Scotsman".

Perhaps named after some anonymous Scot who went for a walk amongst thistles, wearing a kilt Woops

Bob - who worked on/maintained & very occasionally drove the odd deltic

[Harry Basset]

Hi Bob

From my drivers seat on such as 45428 and 44767 all Deltics were odd. But seriously, running one on a preserved line is like having a racehorse pulling a milk float. On an ECML express they were and sounded wonderful.

Mike

[airboatr]

ah .. Delticbob....trains..... got it.

I'd been thinking diesel which was a French guy.

oui oui

spit cough cough

[Garry Russell]

Diesels were so called as when they wanted to replace Steam locomotives they thought..... Diesel do

[delticbob]

ah .. Delticbob....trains..... got it.

I'd been thinking diesel which was a French guy.

oui oui

spit cough cough

AT LAST Someone gets my username,

Sadly also diesel being French. Non mes amis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Diesel

Seems Herr Diesel was from the Germanic persuasion

Bring on the diesel F1 cars
Bob

[DaveB]

AT LAST Someone gets my username

To be honest Bob.. I think we all knew where the deltic came from on this side of the pond

Diesels were so called as when they wanted to replace Steam locomotives they thought..... Diesel do

ATB

DaveB

[airboatr]

Standing corrected Bob

this is what I had in mind





I thought I had remembered the guy was french

damn... first time I was wrong all year ..... snif