Kneedown
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45107. Unofficially named "Phoenix".
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Trivia: Locomotive names named after birds
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themiller
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50043 Eagle - again named after a warship but a bird’s name, nevertheless!
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Thanks for all the replies folks. I hadn't realised there were so many names. The class 47's surprised me. However I stopped interest in 1984.
themiller
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If you go as far as mythology, there’s the Phoenix with at least two locos named after it.
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I am not going to attempt to list them all, but the Liverpool & Manchester Railway used assorted bird names, starting with Swallow built in 1841. Its successor, the LNWR continued to use / reuse bird names on steam locos for many years.
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