Re: Naming QR locos

["Graham Watkins" <gwatkins@globec.com.au>]

WhaleOilBeefHooked <daproc@spambait.umpires.com> wrote in article
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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
> 

1770 was painted in the usual blue and white colours. 1723 was painted
green and yellow for the bicentenary but not named.

There are/were several named locos - I can't remember them all.

eg Alva G Lee (1565 ?), P J Goldston (21??), D F Lane (Electric loco), Joh
Bjelke-Peterson (Electric loco), Centenary (1461), Centennial (1281).

The DL locos were also named.

The were also some steam locos with names eg Lady Macgregor, Sir William
Macgregor, Pompey (398) etc and in more recent time "The Blue Baby" (1051).