lake district canary 4,830 Posted July 3, 2014 After the thread about the SS Norwich city it got me thinking about trains - and came across this little bit of information about the name plate from the Norwich City Steam train. Apparently there were two trains named Norwich City, the names swapping over in 1938. Also it says there were two nameplates. Does anyone know where the other one is, or does NCFC have both? The Norwich City nameplate "One of my jobs I had when I was on the railway, was when the railways started to get rid of steam they scrapped a lot of the engines and my shed master, Mr. Hardy, was trying to get hold of the nameplate of a certain engine based at Norwich. It was a B17, green in colour and it had the Norwich City name on it, because it was one of the Football Class. They took the names of football teams, Leicester City - in fact Leicester City was at Southtown for quite a while. He eventually got permission to buy both the nameplates off the Norwich City engine. He presented one of the plates to Norwich football ground. Me and a chap named Frank Mallet, who was a fitter, we both went over there with a ladder and put it there over the entrance to Norwich football ground. But I''ve noticed, which I can understand why, they removed it and put it on the inside where the actual players come out onto the green. Because they got so expensive that they were most probably frightened that it was going to be stolen." The original Norwich City (2859) locomotive is currently awaiting sale and restoration - links here - https://www.facebook.com/2859preservationsociety http://the2859preservationsociety.webs.com/ May be of interest to someone......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katie Borkins 1 Posted July 3, 2014 Glad you asked.The other train went off the edge of a cliff and was destroyed. Looking back on it, many fans wryly noted that the driver of the train had been doing just enough to keep the train on the rails until the end of the journey when he was faced with five impossible hills and had failed to gain enough forward momentum during the quieter parts of the journey to negotiate them. The driver died and his son, a telegraph engineer, was appointed to be the driver of a smaller and less expensive, but still competitive, train.Many fans still deny this ever happened and believe if the passengers had been a bit more chipper and given the driver more encouragement, it would all have been fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lappinitup 629 Posted July 3, 2014 Is this any nameplates? How about......[:D] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drazen Muzinic 1,502 Posted July 3, 2014 [quote user="Bor Bor Boycott"]Glad you asked.The other train went off the edge of a cliff and was destroyed. Looking back on it, many fans wryly noted that the driver of the train had been doing just enough to keep the train on the rails until the end of the journey when he was faced with five impossible hills and had failed to gain enough forward momentum during the quieter parts of the journey to negotiate them. The driver died and his son, a telegraph engineer, was appointed to be the driver of a smaller and less expensive, but still competitive, train.Many fans still deny this ever happened and believe if the passengers had been a bit more chipper and given the driver more encouragement, it would all have been fine.[/quote]Love your posts Bor and this is my new favourite. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwindonCanary 457 Posted July 3, 2014 Anyone fancy a copy ? You can get one here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gainer the Gopher 0 Posted July 4, 2014 CLASSIC response from BIBB! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
