D6851 "FLOPSIE" Naming Ceremony (2)
Locomotive Services Limited's owner and Chairman, Jeremy Hosking, hosts a private naming ceremony on the old Platform 1 at Crewe for the naming of his Class 37/5 locomotive, D6851 / 37667.
The 37 was being named "FLOPSIE" in honour of Mr. Hosking's mother - Flopsie being her nickname.
37667, along with sister engine 521 (out of shot), then ran round on 0Z48 16:04 Crewe Holding Sidings to Crewe to work the LSL's Chairman's Train and its guests back to Oxford.
LSL's latest stunning paint job on 43049 "Neville Hill" is just visible in the background.
D6851 "FLOPSIE" Naming Ceremony (2)
Locomotive Services Limited's owner and Chairman, Jeremy Hosking, hosts a private naming ceremony on the old Platform 1 at Crewe for the naming of his Class 37/5 locomotive, D6851 / 37667.
The 37 was being named "FLOPSIE" in honour of Mr. Hosking's mother - Flopsie being her nickname.
37667, along with sister engine 521 (out of shot), then ran round on 0Z48 16:04 Crewe Holding Sidings to Crewe to work the LSL's Chairman's Train and its guests back to Oxford.
LSL's latest stunning paint job on 43049 "Neville Hill" is just visible in the background.