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Old 26th December 2009, 09:29
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I've just remembered that 37's, before being nicknamed 'tractors', were often referred to as 'syphons' during the 80's; also the first 20 of the Brush Type 4's (47401 onwards) were known as 'generators'. I believe that the 50's started out as 'warships', but that name never stuck, despite the obvious name connections; no doubt because of the REAL 'warships' (D600-D604 & D800-D870).
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