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Tornado Naming

Discussion in 'What's Going On' started by 4472, Feb 9, 2009.

  1. 34007

    34007 Part of the furniture

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    Would it not look better on the boiler barrel?? Like the plaques on a Bulleid?
     
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    Sheff Resident of Nat Pres

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    What plaques would they be exactly ? :-k
     
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    34007 Part of the furniture

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    Such as BMV or Spitfire etc....
     
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    Sheff Resident of Nat Pres

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    Nope - you've got me there "BMV" ???

    Ah - do you mean Blackmore Vale? so BV?

    Any road, what sort of commemorative plaques do these two loco's carry? :-k
     
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    34007 Part of the furniture

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    Spitfire for example is related to the RAF in the 2nd world war!! And Myself and others have always know Blackmore Vale as BMV.... Black - More - Vale.... ](*,) ](*,) ](*,)
     
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    Yes, but what have they got to do with COMEMORATIVE PLAQUES ?

    Are you getting confused with nameplates?
     
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    Erm...how are the crests on Blackmore Vale and Spitfire fitted to the 'boiler barrel'? The air smoothed casing maybe...
     
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    Nameplates/Commemorative Plaques surely is the same thing? Alot of locos have worn plaques in the centre of the boiler barrel and not on the smoke deflectors? For example you have a bulleid with a commemorative plaque/nameplate and then the Golden Arrow symbol on the smoke deflector? now doesn't something like that look fab?

    Although I must admit the LNER region did place these on the smoke deflectors so you're point taken there.... Just saying what looks nicer! Personal preference i'm afraid Sheff....
     
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    Point taken - But these were just examples! Noted!! But 34016 and 34027? Air Smoothed casing???
     
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    Afraid they aren't attached to the boiler barrel either, the nameplate and crest on these are mounted on a bracket attached to the running plate... :smt002

    Anyhow, going back to Tornado (lest I be accused of being Captain Tangent), I actually think they look quite good, and as has been said could go some way to reminding the notoriously ignorant Joe Public of the significance of the loco. I really don't think they're that obtrusive in the grand scheme of things.
     
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    I'm steering clear of this argument because I'm not picky on what things look like and where things should/shouldn't be but..

    34007, do you mean Merchant Navy's when you talk about plates being attached to the middle of a boiler barrel?
     
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    hey It's not an argument - As far as i'm concerned anyway!

    Merchants and rebuilt WC's...
     
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    I'm sorry, but does it really matter where other loco classes put similar plates? The A1SLT guys have put the plaque beneath the nameplate, a common sense place to put it to commemorate a significant event in the loco's life. It doesn't look that obtrusive, it doesn't look that out of place, and it is yet another way of marking the loco out as something special to Joe Public.

    Well done to the A1SLT for having the idea to mark the occasion beyond a tatty old set of curtains and bottle of cheap fizz to smash over the bufferbeam.
     
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    [eggshells] I still don't get why people argue and demand a loco to be in a certain colour with whatever bit going in a certain place.. Shouldn't we all be glad that the bloody things run? [/eggshells]
     
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    so.... anybody?
     
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    A map and a quick Fotopic search would have soon given you the answer but, yes, you have the correct route!
     
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    Erm, as someone posted earlier - neither rebuilt WCs nor BBs had their nameplates fitted to the boiler barrel. They were fitted to a bracket mounted on the running plate.
     
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    I had deduced the above from what pics and vids are out there, and was just looking for confirmation to double check.
     
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    Victor Nat Pres stalwart Friend

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    (a) I think most people have just been expressing a personal opinion. Quite some way from criticism

    (b) Nice. What's a "rivet counter"?
     

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