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Originally Posted by swisstrains
However, I don't think we could argue too strongly against the practice as the Big Four changed the identities of several locos for various reasons.
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That's a good point. But the big four changed identities for what could be loosely termed 'operational reasons' such as exhibitions, special trains etc. It just seems a bit odd to do it with preserved locos. I just don't really see the point. I can quite understand why its done, but there is a little bit of me that somehow feels it's wrong. Silly I suppose, 'cos it doesn't do any harm. Like I say, I think it's probably a residue of my old trainspotting instincts. I reckon that subconciously I still need to know the true identity of a loco, just in case I haven't seen it before, and feel that if they can renumber one, then they can do it to 'em all. And then where would we be!
