Rule 1 Applies Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Whoever it is in the Hornby design office, please make it stop! Recently had locos with the identities of three members of Marillion - (Steve) Hogarth Stone, (Steve) Rothery Industries and (Ian) Mosley Tarmacadam. Now we've just had announced (Steve) Wilson Paper Mills, (Craig) Blundell King Timber Merchants and (Nick) Beggs Tooling (well at least the last one's apt). It's not big and it's not clever. (PS: Unless whoever it is has the decency to use the names Gabriel, Hackett, Rutherford, Banks and Phillips next year (let's not bother with Collins), I'm going to relentlessly hunt them down and make them stand on a street corner in Margate wearing a sparkly cape, a flower mask and with a double-neck Shergold neatly inserted up their jacksie!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Not much chance of Van Zant, Collins, Rossington, King, Wilkenson and Pyle then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 If you need to find the person naming engines, you’ll have to go back to the people who picked the names originally years ago. They must have foreseen prog rock. 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rule 1 Applies Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 If you need to find the person naming engines, you’ll have to go back to the people who picked the names originally years ago. They must have foreseen prog rock. 😆They're not named in the sense you're thinking. They have the names of fictitious indstrial companies on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Ah I see. So could end up with Van Zant Bourbon Merchants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 I didn’t know these are real names. I just thought they are fictional, made up names. GNR-Gordon-4 (HF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Owner Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Don't they do a Fish wagon as well? Sorry, I'll get my coat. :-) Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyGee Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Yes Tor anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultan Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 There is a train operator in Hungary called Floyd and their logo is pink. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2e0dtoeric Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Is/was there a Black 5 called Sabbath? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 They could do with a little more Heavy Metal in their steam locomotives, generally .... Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rule 1 Applies Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 I didn’t know these are real names. I just thought they are fictional, made up names. GNR-Gordon-4 (HF)Ah, you see? Like I said in another thread, having a broad palette of knowledge is a good thing 😉 This is an old game for me - I write for a living and sometimes entertain myself by seeing how many references to a particular subject I can get in before I get rumbled. The more unusual the words, the harder (and therefore the more rewarding) the game is. Helps to break up the monotony of frequently working stupidly long days. Dear Hornby. If you want any really obscure ideas for next year, you know who to call 😛 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 This is getting ridiculous. There is a village in Afghanistan called Gadwal. It's put me off slightly from using my loco.! Good job the former has only one L -- but can I be sure, as the name has obviously been transcribed from the local script. 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 @Rule 1 Applies Music is not something I like. There's only a very small handful of songs I do like. Without counting them, it's probably about 10 songs I listen to. As regards to the name's on the RailRoad 0-4-0's, I honestly thought they are made up names. never knew they all belong to real people, of the music world. GNR-Gordon-4 (HF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 This is getting ridiculous. There is a village in Afghanistan called Gadwal. It's put me off slightly from using my loco.! Good job the former has only one L -- but can I be sure, as the name has obviously been transcribed from the local script. 🤔Eh??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Ten songs Jacob. That is very sad. Music makes the world go round. I can’t imagine life without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 About 10. Maybe more, maybe less. I don't know without counting. GNR-Gordon-4 (HF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 You count yours and I'll count mine. Might take me several days though. 😮 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Will do.I dobt think mine will take that long though! 😆 😉 😀 I am sorry, but music does not make the world go round / move / rotate for me. GNR-Gordon-4 (HF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 You are only the third person I know who doesn’t like music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 At least I'm not the first! 😆 GNR-Gordon-4 (HF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultan Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Hornby did once make a Caley (Kayleigh) Pug loco 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyGee Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 There's a heavy rock song about steam trains, "Princess of the night" by Saxon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 There is music, and then there is Music... Beauty (and music) is in the eye of the beholder! 😉 There is another rich source of names on the shops, etc in the Skaledale (etc) buildings range... "The Codfather" fish and chip shop anyone? 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 If I like it, I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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