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Re: BL onto the FAT track
- To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
- Subject: Re: BL onto the FAT track
- From: dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)
- Date: 24 May 1998 03:37:53 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: University of New England, NSW, Australia
- References: <3566bb37.33440046@news.netconnect.com.au> <895932662.513925@woody.hotkey.net.au>
Michael Walker (walker@hotkey.net.au) wrote:
>>BL 26 "Bob Hawke"
>
>What did Bob Hawke ever do for railways that warranted naming a loco after
>him???
It was CR/ANR tradition to name locomotives, usually the class leader,
after serving Prime Ministers, or if that PM already had a named loco
after the current Minister for Transport.
Prime Ministers:
GM1 Robert Gordon Menzies
CL1 John Gorton
CL9 Gough Whitlam
CL17 William McMahon
AL18 Malcolm Fraser
BL26 Bob Hawke
Ministers for Transport:
NSU51 George McLeay
NT65 Gordon Freeth
DL36 Peter Morris
EL51 Bob Brown
NJ1 was named Ben Chifley, although he was only a former Prime Minister.
Cheers
David