[Dixielandjazz] Some Thanksgiving Jazz

[Martin Bates]

 Hi Locomotives in the UK are all certainly she's (within the world of railway buffs) irrespective of the name given to the locs.  The Castle Class was a Great Western Railway 4-6-0 locomotive class originally designed by Charles Collett in which the engines were named (in the main) after famous castles (e.g. Pendennis Castle, Clun Castle).  The 'Battle of Britain' was also a locomotive class, this time a Pacific class 4-6-2 engine designed by Bullied and the engines were named after RAF squadrons, aircraft, commanders and airfields that had participated in the Battle of Britain (e.g. Tangmere, Sir Keith Park etc.)

Cheers
martin 

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From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of pj.ladd
Sent: 25 November 2009 16:16
To: Martin Bates
Cc: jazz
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Some Thanksgiving Jazz

Locomotives are transvestites, e.g. "The Flying Scotsman" and "Princess >>

Huh?

When I was  kid one of the main Classes was the `Castle` Class, Arundel Castle etc and there is certainly one engine named `Battle of Britain`.

Makes `He` or `She` a little difficult.

Cheers

Pat


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