Today's Pendolino naming

[Railway]

http://upmain.zenfolio.com/p793657826/h19a255f#h19a255f

http://upmain.zenfolio.com/p565588551/hfb0898b#hfb0898b

http://upmain.zenfolio.com/p565588551/h989800f#h37a0181

 

[Simon Poole]

I saw 390052 Alison Waters/Virgin Knight today does it does have the Alstom Badge with the name above line in the pictures but it still wearing the Virgin Knight nameplate as well

 

[Minilad]

Today at Manchester I saw a bendydildo named Penny the Pendolino. WTF !

 

[Eng274]

Today at Manchester I saw a bendydildo named Penny the Pendolino. WTF !

She's making an appearance on the isle of Sodor in the new Thomas series. Sir Topham Hatt has finally joined the 21st century! I never liked Gordon anyway lol

 

[IanPooleTrains]

I never liked Gordon anyway lol

I thought he was the best and WTF, Penny The Pendolino is a Thomas The Tank Engine character, please tell me that you are having a giraffe

 

[Eng274]

I thought he was the best and WTF, Penny The Pendolino is a Thomas The Tank Engine character, please tell me that you are having a giraffe

Thomas and co are left wondering what all the new poles and wires surrounding their railways could be for.. then Penny is winched off the cargo ship (without being dropped)




Of course its made up :roll:

 

[IanPooleTrains]

Of course its made up :roll:

Thank goodness for that one

 

[Eng274]

Thank goodness for that one

It would be a great storyline though.

the fat controller spoke to the engines. "There's gonna be some changes around here. Gordon, your express will be run by Penny the Pendolino instead. Ugly Betty will do your freight work, Edward. Toby and Henrietta will be replaced on their branch line by Parry. And Thomas, you are the weakest link. We have sold you to the NRM."

 

[Simon Poole]

Here an Video of 390052 on March 25th at Stafford and then at Rugeley Trent Valley

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[IanPooleTrains]

And Thomas, you are the weakest link. We have sold you to the NRM."[/I]

To which The Fat Controller rips off his body suit and reveals it was Simon Cowell all along

 

[Blindtraveler]

meanwhile down at the harbour more new stock is being delivered.

Theres Vernon the voyager, terry the turbostar, debby the diziro and ned the nodding donky! Sue the supersprinter is expected soon but she's shy and wouldnt get on the boat.

To which The Fat Controller rips off his body suit and reveals it was Simon Cowell all along

 

[Simon Poole]

meanwhile down at the harbour more new stock is being delivered.

Theres Vernon the voyager, terry the turbostar, debby the diziro and ned the nodding donky! Sue the supersprinter is expected soon but she's shy and wouldnt get on the boat.

What about Dusty the Class 321? i'm sure he's been spotted

 

[IanPooleTrains]

What about Dusty the Class 321? i'm sure he's been spotted

Or maybe Eddie the Electrostar or Curt The Capitalstar or even Andy The Adelante :roll:

 

[Blindtraveler]

he failed half way down and when informed of this the fat controller didnt want him. He said he was sure he was usually a nice guy but as he'd been given the job of carrying his bigmacks, all 200 of them that he wanted nothing to do with him! Replacement now on the way i believe in the shape of mack mike and mic the mark 2s hauled by sarah the 67

What about Dusty the Class 321? i'm sure he's been spotted

 

[IanPooleTrains]

But watch out, here comes the villanous Clarrisa the ATW 175 Coradia to put a spanner in the works

 

[RobShipway]

You have all gone absolutely mad...... Must be the recent sunshine doing it.....

 

[thefab444]

You have all gone absolutely mad

I think they were mad to start with!

 

[starrymarkb]

Are they all going to carry Alstom badges now? I've noticed that Alstom Trams and the AGV are badged too

 

[Eng274]

Manufacturer badging hasn't really been a big thing for a while AFAICS, it was a sense of pride in the builders' work that saw steam locos have a works badge. But I haven't seen anything from the last 30 years that has an obvious manufacturer label on it. Why not? It would raise awareness of the different manufacturers (despite the lack of Britishness to them). I wouldn't fancy something brash like we have on cars, e.g. "BREL 158/7 14.0TD"

 

[Crossover]

Are the name plates going to be replaced on this unit or is the name just going to be on the driving ends?

 

[Ivo]

Without meaning to derail (no pun intended) this thread, thank you all for giving me a sore throat from laughing too much!

So is Penny the Pendolino genuine then?

 

[ainsworth74]

So is Penny the Pendolino genuine then?

Yep I'm pretty sure that I've travelled on her.

Edit: Actually reading that through again perhaps this post would be better suited to the mile high thread

 

[Crossover]

So is Penny the Pendolino genuine then?

Yep, I have also been on Penny - she's 390 022

 

[46100ROYALSCOT]

definitely genuine take a look below.

 

[WillPS]

Manufacturer badging hasn't really been a big thing for a while AFAICS, it was a sense of pride in the builders' work that saw steam locos have a works badge. But I haven't seen anything from the last 30 years that has an obvious manufacturer label on it. Why not? It would raise awareness of the different manufacturers (despite the lack of Britishness to them). I wouldn't fancy something brash like we have on cars, e.g. "BREL 158/7 14.0TD"

I've noticed EMT's local fleet is all brained "Maintained at Nottingham Eastcroft" now. Nice touch I though.