East Coast BBMF locomotive

The nameplate is a nice nod to the nameplate style of the Southern Railway Bulleid BoB class Pacifics.

Here’s the reverse side, featuring of course the Lancaster:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chris_davis_photos/7157751889/sizes/o/in/photostream/

Not forgetting the roof :cool::

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8336963@N07/7155523003/

Simon

🙂 One of my friends drove it today to York.I was amused by the number 110 ,surely that’s a German plane 😉

I did wonder about that, but 91-110 holds the UK rail speed record at 162mph, so it’s already a ‘celebrity’ locomotive and is adorned with a plaque to commemorate the record:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/intercitygbrailsphotos/7323018478/

Simon

Nice to see,thankyou.

May I add the first brand new steam locomotive since the sixties

“Tornado”

🙂 One of my friends drove it today to York.I was amused by the number 110 ,surely that’s a German plane 😉

Yea your right , it is vinyl wrap —but as an ex spray painter who also worked for a sign writing company , I see the old trades slipping away ( Actually , a lot of our pub signs were done in vinyl ).

That looks rather nice, if it’s east coast mainline I might get to see it go through Retford at sometime.:)

‘Bout time too!!!!

It won’t be a paint job, more a vinyl wrap from 3M or similar, but even so looks a lot better than the normal EC colour scheme.

Lovely nameplate too. Hoping Hornby make a model of it!

Nice paint job. Well done that railway company .