Re: Naming QR locos

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@nospam.bhp.com.au>]

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> John Boxall <box@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Is the practice of naming locomotives common in Queensland ? Today #1770
> > rolled past in a loco  train with "James Cook" on the side. Very nice.
>
> From memory, not common at all - 1770 was painted in a special scheme and
> named to commemorate the bicentennary of Cook landing at Botany Bay. I
> believe (although am open to correction) that it is the only one.
>
> DaveP
>
>
1461 (the Golden Holden) was named Centennial.
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Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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