[boilermaker69]

QUOTE (neil_s_wood @ 9 Sep 2006, 18:07) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Is it only in the UK that trains are given names. Do they do this in the USA or Germany. I haven't seen this antwhaere else?

The Victorian Railways have a habit of naming locos, currently all the "N" Class locos are named after provincial Victorian cities/towns.

 

[boilermaker69]

QUOTE (neil_s_wood @ 10 Sep 2006, 10:28) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I just remembered that last night. I have seen the "City of Ballarat" going through Richmond pulling a V line train while I was waiting to change trains a few times.

There are other locos that have been named as well, R707 (a Hudson/Baltic 4-6-4) is named "City of Melbourne". All the "S" Class locos also had names (Matthew Flinders, Sir Edmund Henty etc.). There was even an "E" Class shunter that was named "Dynon Donk" which worked the Dynon Freight Yard.