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08 Diesel on Eurostar !!

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Old 26th December 2009, 10:40
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Wasnt it BR themselves who tried to get the name "warship" to stick to the 50's?


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Old 26th December 2009, 10:57
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Wasnt it BR themselves who tried to get the name "warship" to stick to the 50's?
I think so, that's what I meant anyway.
Of course, there were a lot of diesel classes that were more or less known by names related to the manufacturers/engines, and so on:
'Hymeks' (D7000-D7100), 'Cromptons'; (D65xx/class 33), 'Claytons' (D8500-D8616), and 'Metro-Vicks' (D5700-D5719). 'Westerns' of course were self-explanatory, and then there were the 'Baby Deltics' (D5900-D5909). Oddly, I've never heard of any nicknames for the LMS/BR diesels 10000/10001. Shame one of THESE couldn't have been saved.
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Class 24 = "Spin Dryers" - not sure why
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Old 28th December 2009, 05:17
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Good old 08 shunters..........
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they just keep working and working
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Old 10th January 2010, 11:06
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I've not been able to find any pics of the 08 pulling the Eurostar - can anyone help?
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Old 10th January 2010, 12:13
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I've not been able to find any pics of the 08 pulling the Eurostar - can anyone help?
Morning Gordon, no mate, it was not a still picture I saw, it was on BBC news when they were filming the failures from the tunnel during the first escapade.

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Old 10th January 2010, 20:31
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Class 31 are also often referred to as 'Peds' (Pedalloes), and 47's (the erstwhile Brush Type 4's) as 'Duffs'. Class 66/0 are 'Sheds' (as previously mentioned), so the Freightliner 66/5's are known as 'Freds' (Freightliner Sheds), DRS class 66 are called 'Dreds' for similar reasons, and 67's are known colloquially as 'Skips'. Class 57 have managed to acquire the nickname 'Bodysnatchers' owing to them being largely rebuilt from 47's.
As for electrics, 92's rejoice in the nickname of 'Dysons' , maybe because they sound like VERY loud vacuum cleaners!
I've also heard of 57s being refered to as 'Zombies' presumably for the same reason as 'Bodysnatchers'...
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Old 13th January 2010, 20:27
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It wasn't an 08 that rescued the Eurostars - it was a pair of Eurotunnel MaK Bo-Bos like this . There are some pictures taken at St. Pancras on Fotopic which I am unable to access right now to provide a link.
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There was a picture of them at St.Pancras in Railway Herald No.206. It's a free online magazine and well worth having. Go to http://www.railwayherald.co.uk to sign up.

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