FuzzyDuck
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Just saw the Avanti class 390 "City of Chester" pass through Crewe. Of course it can't visit Chester (unless dragged by a diesel), any others?
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Trivia: Named locomotives that can't visit the city they are named after
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I know it’s steam-oriented, but City of Wells would certainly have some difficulties...
Back when Virgin ran 57-hauled Pendolinos along the North Wales Coast, it would have passed through Chester
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390042 City of Bangor/Dinas Bangor would fall into the same bracket. Similarly electric loco 86208 "City of Chester" back in the day. There was also 86210 "City of Edinburgh" that was named long before electrification reached Edinburgh.
Indeed. As would have City of Bangor (I'm pretty sure one was named that, but could be wrong!)Back when Virgin ran 57-hauled Pendolinos along the North Wales Coast, it would have passed through Chester
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There was a Class 87 that had the nameplate "Wolf of Badenoch".
Badenoch is a district (no longer functions as a district council since 1996) in Highland Region which covers places south of Inverness such as Kingussie, Aviemore, Grantown on Spey, etc.
Being as the Class 87s were 25kV AC electric, it would not have been possible for it to have ventured north of Gartsherrie Yard at Coatbridge, as that was the end of the overhead wires until 2014 when eventually extended northwards slightly as far as Dunblane.
I am unsure if this was one of the five 87s that were allocated to their home depot of Glasgow Shields (GW) according to the 1989 edidition of the Platform 5 book.
Badenoch is a district (no longer functions as a district council since 1996) in Highland Region which covers places south of Inverness such as Kingussie, Aviemore, Grantown on Spey, etc.
Being as the Class 87s were 25kV AC electric, it would not have been possible for it to have ventured north of Gartsherrie Yard at Coatbridge, as that was the end of the overhead wires until 2014 when eventually extended northwards slightly as far as Dunblane.
I am unsure if this was one of the five 87s that were allocated to their home depot of Glasgow Shields (GW) according to the 1989 edidition of the Platform 5 book.
A couple of others from the days of AC Electrics
86208 "City of Chester" (see the equivalent 390 in the OP)
86210 "City of Edinburgh" (until of course Edinburgh was electrified)
87032 "Kenilworth"
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88010 Aurora (Canada...)
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The scale-model Baby Deltic "City Of Derby", now at the Lappa Valley Railway in Cornwall, can't get back to Derby as the Markeaton Railway has closed, and the track has been lifted. (Crying-face...)
60163 Tornado has never (yet) been involved in a tornado. (Am I tempting fate here?)
60163 Tornado has never (yet) been involved in a tornado. (Am I tempting fate here?)
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All named locos which have since been scrapped 
themiller
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There’s a Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn HGe4/4” loco named Mount Fuji!
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Is 'Mount Fuji' a city?
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Well, Newport could theoretically reach the City of Newport, though not the place it's named afterThe Isle of Wight Steam Railway has a few; Calbourne, Freshwater, Newport & Yarmouth. Maybe one day!
. Yarmouth too, though Great Yarmouth isn't a city.norbitonflyer
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47793 was for a while named Saint David - the city of that name has never had a railway station.
Not a city, but 37403 is named Isle of Mull. Even more extreme, a number of the 37s adapted for Night Star duties were named after constellations - Cassiopeia, Andromeda etc!
Not a city, but 37403 is named Isle of Mull. Even more extreme, a number of the 37s adapted for Night Star duties were named after constellations - Cassiopeia, Andromeda etc!
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Ah. You spotted my deliberate mistake! ☕
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"City of St Albans" (I mean the Stanier pacific, not any new-fangled EMU in case one such carries the same name) could never have visited its namesake municipality as such locomotives were banned from the MML . And I'm pretty sure it would not have been allowed over the Watford Jcn - Abbey line.
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Bullied West Country class "Eddystone" would need some effort to get "home".
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West Countrys ‘Wadebridge’, ‘Sidmouth’, ‘Boscastle’ and ‘Braunton’, and Battle of Britains ‘Tangmere’ and ‘Manston’ would have difficulty reaching ‘their’ towns nowadays. ‘Boscastle’ and the two BoBs never could have under their own steam.
Most GWR named locos would probably struggle to get to the various buildings they were named after, and as for Lode Star…
Another one for the pedants: 86211 "City of Milton Keynes" (MK has never been a city).
86248 "County of Clwyd" and 86258 "Talyllyn" would also have struggled from lack of AC, and 86238 "European Community" wouldn't have been passed to go through the tunnel...
86248 "County of Clwyd" and 86258 "Talyllyn" would also have struggled from lack of AC, and 86238 "European Community" wouldn't have been passed to go through the tunnel...
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In the case of Class 66s;
66501 Japan 2001 - Needs a ship to get there
66594 NYK Spirit of Kyoto - See above
66714 Cromer Lifeboat - Can't actually get to the RNLI station
66752 The Hoosier State - See the Japan ones but for Illinois
and all those named after football clubs, since they can't actually get into the grounds.
66501 Japan 2001 - Needs a ship to get there
66594 NYK Spirit of Kyoto - See above
66714 Cromer Lifeboat - Can't actually get to the RNLI station
66752 The Hoosier State - See the Japan ones but for Illinois
and all those named after football clubs, since they can't actually get into the grounds.
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Although we were part of the "European Community" back then, so it wouldn't need to go anywhere.
Western Sunset
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Maybe we need a thread of places that locos can actually visit, after which they're named.
Do you mean… Like this:
Trivia: Named trains/locomotives that can visit the places they’re named after.
Following on from this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/posts/5452303/ Starter for 10. 50044 ‘Exeter’ can reach Exeter. ;)
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In a similar vein 87023 Highland Chieftain, while it may have worked the The Clansman for Inverness it would never have worked The Clansman to Inverness
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Rather a short thread, wasn't it?
Western Sunset
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Not many of the Princess Coronation/Duchess class visited their placenames on a regular basis. Even "City of London" wouldn't have got to the "City"...
Oh. I thought it started in 2016, but now I see that's the year you joined this forum... Oops.I only just started it!
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