Trivia: trains named for or by bands/musicians

[Chris M]

Have there been any trains named for or by bands or musicians?
(The genesis for this question was a predictive text game prompt "I would like to apologise..." which my phone completed with "to all the other trains named by a manufactured boy band"!)

 

[berwicksfinest]

Class 47 810 Captain Sensible ??

 

[adc82140]

There was a 47 called "Joe Strummer"

 

[LA50041]

There was a pacer named Tom Jones

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Does 50007's previous identity of "Sir Edward Elgar" count?

 

[Mag_seven]

Does 50007's previous identity of "Sir Edward Elgar" count?

Continuing that theme a lot of the Class 92s were named after classical composers.

 

[ash39]

There was a pacer named Tom Jones

Yep 143609. Probably more of an insult than an honour, especially the condition it was in by the end!

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Continuing that theme a lot of the Class 92s were named after classical composers.

Well, to paraphrase Falco, Mozart and his ilk were the "rock stars" of their day!

 

[aliceh]

Does SWR's 444018 "The Fab 444" count?

 

[Stephen1001]

508111 "The Beatles", which for a bonus carries an advertising livery for the Beatles Story museum.

The opposite has also happened - the band Blyth Power were inspired by the locomotive name, which was carried by 56091 then 56134.

 

[Mikey C]

There was a pacer named Tom Jones

My, my, my, a Pacer
Why, why, why, a Pacer
I could see, that train was no good for me
Why couldn't I have been honoured, with a Mk3

 

[faltskog36abba]

Class 156 [Gracie fields]- For the Oldham loop farewell.

 

[etr221]

Does 50007's previous identity of "Sir Edward Elgar" count?

Certainly, I would say... along with its predecessors that bore the name

Interestingly, all three of them (GWR '3300 Bulldog' 4-4-0 3414 A.H.Mills. BR(W) Castle 7005 Lamphey Castle, and BR 50007 Hercules) were RENAMED to be "Sir Edward Elgar".

 

[LA50041]

My, my, my, a Pacer
Why, why, why, a Pacer
I could see, that train was no good for me
Why couldn't I have been honoured, with a Mk3

Haha
Very good