Tornado he or she?

[Bangroad]

Hello folks

I'm putting some pics of the Tornado on my site (shhhh don't tell Demps I can't take any more of his extremely in-depth photography opinions... lol) now then as I'm a train noob should I refer to The Tornado as he or she?

 

[Pumbaa]

She. Always a she.

 

[37401]

yup, man and machine, always a she

 

[Yank 119]

It.

Machines have no gender.

 

[spoony]

Its a he, would have broke down if it was a woman

 

[Daimler]

It's a funny thing really. I see ships and planes as 'she' (if anything) but trains - especially engines - more as 'he'.

Must be the influence of Thomas the Tank Engine when I was younger!

 

[Swift-Deere]

It sounds more grand if you personify a train with he or she

but at the end of the day its just a hulk of metal so its really just an it, its not like at has feelings or emotions or you can stroke it or give it food to make it run better lol

 

[HSTfan!!!]

apart from 158820 (Damien), I refer to trains as she as I would anything else with an engine

 

[33056]

It.

Machines have no gender.

Agreed

 

[theblackwatch]

Agreed

Thirded. It

 

[mumrar]

It. I have taken many pictures of it and the only evidence of cocks or fannies are to be found trespassing nearby or frothing on the footplate

 

[EM2]

Always 'she'. Even trains, boats and planes with male names e.g. Sir Nigel Gresley, are 'she'.

 

[Metroland]

Always a she, machines like trains, planes, boats etc are she's and there is a politically uncorrect reason for it!

 

[37401]

some people go to far however and will comment "pic of a sexy beast" when talking about a DRS 37

 

[HSTfan!!!]

if you were to look at say at couplings, say a dellner for example, could it be said a train is a haemaphrodite? lol

 

[FlyingScot]

Well,to even things out, I've made a list of boys:
flying scotsman
tornado
blue peter
union of south africa
sir nigel gresley
stepney
fenchurch
bodiam
martello
boxhill and finally......
thomas

 

[SouthEastern-465]

I would of thought it's a steam loco not a woman!

 

[generalvegitable]

well if you saw the top gear race she did have her time of the month

 

[poshbakerloo]

It sure dnt look very feminine...

 

[mumrar]

It sure dnt look very feminine...

You're quite right, the sight of a cylinder pumping in and out of a piston and creating white stuff seems very masculine to be honest.

 

[Drsatan]

Wierdly, I've always imagined steam, diesel & electric locos or multiple units as either being male or female. For instance, I've always thought of the 165/166 as "male" because their cabs have quite clean lines, whereas the 442 is somehow "female".

 

[37401]

Objectum-sexual

for those who see a loco as "feminine"

 

[Daimler]

Wierdly, I've always imagined steam, diesel & electric locos or multiple units as either being male or female. For instance, I've always thought of the 165/166 as "male" because their cabs have quite clean lines, whereas the 442 is somehow "female".

You're not alone, actually - steam locos (except perhaps 'Duchesses') I've always seen as male.

The 442 is definitely female, though!

 

[Drsatan]

Objectum-sexual

for those who see a loco as "feminine"

No, I don't suffer from that thank you very much

 

[Oswyntail]

In many languages gender is assigned to objects that have no sex (such as La Table, in French). To speakers of those languages, those objects simply have that gender. There seems no rhyme or reason to it. English has, to a great extent, lost its differentiation between genders, but it used to have it. Traditionally, in English, large machines and devices are seen as having feminine gender; ships, guns, and the like are always referred to as "she". It is simply linguistics, and nothing to do with any sexual characteristics, perceived or otherwise. So Tornado is a she.

 

[krus_aragon]

Traditionally, in English, large machines and devices are seen as having feminine gender; ships, guns, and the like are always referred to as "she".

Welsh, which still has gendered words, sees the words for engine and ship as female.

In Russian, on the other hand, ships, submarines and the like are always 'he'.

 

[43021HST]

Hello folks

I'm putting some pics of the Tornado on my site (shhhh don't tell Demps I can't take any more of his extremely in-depth photography opinions... lol) now then as I'm a train noob should I refer to The Tornado as he or she?

I wouldnt call yourself a train noob if I were you

 

[Phoenix]

Always a she to me due to always being a pain in the backside for the man but still something of which he loves to a stupid extent.

 

[almark]

95% of footplatemen would say she.....as would i. You usually hear a locoman say something like 'She's doing ok' instead of 'It's doing ok' who knows why....

 

[Bittern]

She. Always a she.

yup, man and machine, always a she

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