Rich T The Biscuit 562 Posted February 10, 2011 Funny what useful pieces of trivia your parents keep from!!Just been looking through the pinkun magic moments magazine with my son when my mother informs men that her dad was one of the 2 men that presented it to Norwich City when they removed it from an old steam train.Useless piece if trivia for you lot bit all of a sudden I feel even prouder to be a canary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harry 0 Posted February 10, 2011 It came off a LNER (London North Eastern Railway) Locomotive No.2859 called Norwich City. This was a B17/4 Sandringham class 4-6-0 built in Darlington in June 1936 and served until it was taken out of service in March 1960. The nameplate was then presented to Norwich City Football Club. The nameplates of the other "Football Club" Locomotives were presented to the respective clubs when they were taken out of service.Locomotives built by the LNER at Darlington Works in 1936 2848 Arsenal 2849 Sheffield United 2850 Grimsby Town 2851 Derby County 2852 Darlington 2853 Huddersfield Town 2854 Sunderland 2855 Middlesbrough 2856 Leeds United 2857 Doncaster Rovers 2858 Newcastle United 2859 Norwich City 2860 Hull City 2861 Sheffield Wednesday Locomotives built for the LNER by Robert Stephenson & Co. in 1937. 2862 Manchester United 2863 Everton 2864 Liverpool 2865 Leicester City 2866 Nottingham Forest 2867 Bradford (Park Avenue) 2868 Bradford City 2869 Barnsley 2870 Tottenham Hotspur 2871 Manchester City 2872 West Ham United Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rich T The Biscuit 562 Posted February 10, 2011 Thanks Harry, didn''t know any of that info, mind you I only found half an hour ago!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leedscanary 336 Posted February 10, 2011 Where''s the one from the other side? I presume they had nameplates on both sides of the engine? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
