Sometimes it was the name, itself, that I found particularly
attractive, but it could also be the nameplate design. I was sufficiently
impressed with West Country Class No. 34009 Lyme Regis at Bournemouth in 1965,
to take a precious photo of the nameplate alone, as well as one of the
locomotive. Photography was not cheap, even in black and white. Each frame had
to count.
At Blackburn in 2008, Black Five No. 45407 was sporting the name
The Lancashire Fusilier, one that she did not carry in British Railways days.
The regimental nameplates of the Patriot and Royal Scot classes, as well as
just four of the Black Fives, were amongst the most noteworthy because of the
additional crest above the name.
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