British Railway Nameplates
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Captured almost 5 months earlier but in almost exactly the same location as my previous image ( flic.kr/p/23TfS8x), D6515 ‘Lt Jenny Lewis RN’ leaves Norden with the last train of the day, the 18:00 to Swanage.
Although the Swanage Railway runs a superlative diesel gala each spring, normal service is operated by steam traction. However, a shunting accident on 24th July 2017 between two steam locomotives caused the suspension of steam service for a few weeks with the railway’s two class 33s stepping up to provide service. This was in addition to the Wareham to Swanage shuttles which were also running at this time using hired in class 33 and 37s.
The train is a reasonable approximation of a locomotive-hauled branch line train in the 1960s. Aside from the obvious addition of an observation car at the rear, the locomotive’s nameplate and headlight are more recent additions. The lack of passengers is a less welcome similarity to the 1960s branch line train...
How do companies with such strange and suggestive names get into such prime locations? If I wanted to write a conspiracy thriller I would certainly include names like:
Expecto
Parjointco
Power Financial Europe
Essentium
MCM Foods
Merifin Capital
Marvesa Holding
Ovohus + Brace
Capital Fundraising
ExpertDoc + LiverDoc
Espaz Executive Secretaries
Alimenta Rotterdam
Amberwood Trading
I don't know anything about these companies and I'm sure they're all bona fide, but still their names suggest things like:
money laundering
shady business deals in South America
genetically modified food
smuggling of gemstones
illegal body modification
expensive call-girl agencies
You can see all those nameplates at:
Veerkade - 3016 DE - Rotterdam
Next to the ethnographic museum.
of the 1922 Electric Loco once used on the Metropolitan Line, and still used occasionally on Heritage trips.
As A4 class 60009 Union of South Africa comes to the end of its running time the backing of the nameplates have been painted black. With the petina of the paint a scene towards the end of steam is recreated
On April 11, 1937, the American Locomotive Company held open house to show off the latest in locomotives, and Milwaukee Type Atlantic number 4 was part of that celebration. The 4 was fresh from the paint shop, with the Hiawatha Indian adorning the tender and HIAWATHA nameplate on the flank of the locomotive. The 4 was delivered to The Milwaukee Road in Milwaukee, Wisconsin shortly after, where it would receive finishing touches. In this photo by an unknown photographer 87 years ago today, we see the 4 spot getting steamed up outside of the Milwaukee Shops. The HIAWATHA nameplate on the flank of the locomotive has been replaced with a CHIPPEWA name plate for it's duties between Chicago and Milwaukee, along with service on the recently inaugurated Chippewa Hiawatha. In the cab of the 4 Spot, you can see the engine tender keeping an eye on water levels, steam pressure among his other duties, along with what appears to be some top brass on scene for the initial firing of one of the worlds most famous streamlined steam locomotives. The cost of the final Milwaukee Type Atlantic was $109,230. The number 4 is being held in place by wooden wheel blocking while being fired for the first time, while the company brass inspects her, along with other facets of the area. Had the 4 Spot survived, she would be 87 years old today on her first day of service for The Milwaukee Road, but retirement came in June, 1951.
I took the liberty of meticulously bringing color to the beautiful Atlantic for this posting, although the original I have is a darkroom processed black and white image.
MILW 4
Milwaukee Road Class A
Milwaukee, WI.
April 20, 1937
Photographer Unknown
D.A.Longley Collection
My Crimbo offering this year.
OMG ! I have spent hours messing about with this.
Happy Christmas and prosperous new year to all my Flickr friends.
I hope to get to meet a few more of you next year.
Keep those shots coming........
68003 shortly after arrival into Edinburgh Waverley gets ready to work 2G13 17:08 Edinburgh-Glenrothes with Thornton passenger service. 03/10/2016.
Recently got my Animal Picture Holder DOTS set from Lego, decided to have a bit of spelling fun! The tiling was a bit difficult because the plate is 9x17 studs :D
59003 "Yeoman Highlander" nameplate seen at Warrington Bank Quay.
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1969 American Motors Corporation Hurst SC/Rambler
The American Motors Corporation was founded on May 1, 1954, as the result of a corporate merger of the Hudson Motor Car Company and Nash-Kelvinator. The idea behind joining the two companies was to bring the nameplates under one umbrella and better compete with the Big Three in the consumer vehicle market.
AMC’s Chairman and CEO, Roy D. Chapin, Jr., sought to commemorate the history of the long-running and successful Rambler before its retirement and gave the green light to a performance version for 1969.
The parameters for the project dubbed the AMC Hurst SC/Rambler (SC for “Super Car”) were simple: cram the most powerful engine the company had into a lightened Rambler chassis. The design team also gave it the bits and pieces needed to rival all-comers on the street and the strip in the NHRA’s F/Stock class. To accomplish this, AMC designers turned to the fabled performance firm, Hurst, for collaboration.
Work started on the car by installing the top performance engine from the AMX – the vaunted 315 horsepower, 425 lb-ft, 390-cubic-inch V8 equipped with a Carter AFB four-barrel carb. This lump featured a bore and stroke of 4.165 inches by 3.574 inches, a 10.2:1 compression ratio, heavy main-bearing-support webbing, as well as forged rods and crankshaft.
There was no mistaking an SC for a standard run-of-the-mill Rambler. All SCs wore white paint to which one of two unusual accent schemes were added. In the “A” paint scheme, a full-body-length red billboard was applied to the car’s sides, while a blue stripe adorned the roof and trunk lid. The more conservative and rarer “B” scheme had red and blue accent stripes below the car’s beltline and dispensed with the top stripe.
All of this added up to a rather potent muscle car for the period. Automotive magazines were routinely able to launch the 3,160-pound car to 60 mph in a then-scant 6.3 seconds. It tripped the quarter-mile in as little as 14.3-seconds at 96 mph. Its top speed was roughly 120 mph.
AMC offered this little beast for a paltry $2,998, which helped increase demand beyond the 500 examples they initially planned to build. In the end, though, the company was only able to find 1,512 folks who wanted to take one home, turning the 1969 AMC Hurst SC/Rambler into one “Rare Ride.”
A group of enthusiasts hurry to complete a nameplate rubbing of 55 008 The Green Howards while it pauses at Peterborough with 1L43, the 14:05 Kings Cross - York
Complete with a damaged nameplate, Class 47/0 47088 -'Samson' was stood in platform 1 at Southampton Central during a crew change, whilst working the 18.15 Millbrook FLT to Stratford FLT working on the evening of July 28th 1978.
The loco was one of the Western Region Brush Type 4's named in the 1960's after famous Great Western Railway engineers and early broad gauge locomotives. The nameplates had GWR style egyptian serif letters.
47088 had originally been built at Crewe Works in April 1965, numbered D1674. It was named 'Samson' at Cardiff Canton Depot in September 1965. D1674 was renumbered to 47088 in February 1974. The loco was converted to a 47/8 and renumbered to 47808 in July 1989. It was renumbered to 47653 in July 1993 and the 'Samson' nameplates were removed. 47653 became a RES Class 47/7 in March 1994 and was named 'Isle of Iona' in August 1995. The loco was withdrawn in October 2003 and scrapped at EMR Kingsbury in April 2007.
OEM cast metal that has been flattened, painted and clear coated. The 'VOLVO' badge is once again attached to the back of the 142S. The car did not have any of its original jewellery when I bought it.
....of Focus.
I never thought I'd be putting up a name plate photograph, but I like the idea of a bit of selective focus with this one; almost as if looking into a lake and the clarity falling away with the depth.
37423, Spirit of the Lakes, a DRS Loco at the Crewe Gresty Bridge Open Day, Saturday 23.7.16
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