Scouting and Trains

Two of my favourite things!

There has long been a tradition of naming locomotives with Scouting related names. In the 1930’s the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) named 2 of their Royal Scot engines The Boy Scout (6169) and The Girl Guide (6168). Then in the early 1950’s British Railways named one of their new Britannia class engines after the then Chief Scout Lord Rowallan.

There was talk in 2007 that one of the train operating companies was going to name a train with a Scouting name to celebrate the 100 years of Scouting. However, nothing came of it.

This year sees the Union Pacific Railroad launch one of their locos in a livery celebrating the BSA’s centenary.

 

You can also read more about it here. It looks very impressive and I have to say I’m a bit jealous that I’ll not get to see it!

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