Locomotive Names
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| Class | Number when named | Company | Name | Date Named | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George V | 956 | LNWR | DACHSHUND | 04/1911 | |
| Tilbury tanks | 78 | LTSR | Dagenham Dock | 1908 | Named after: Town/village served by the LTSR |
| Improved Precedent | 1668 | LNWR | DAGMAR | 05/1891 | |
| Castle | 29 | HR | DALCROSS CASTLE | 04/1913 | Named after: Two miles south-east of Dalcross station (6¾ miles east of Inverness) (a ruin). |
| D27 | 491 | NBR | DALHOUSIE | 01/1879 | |
| Prince of Wales | 2516 | LNWR | DALTON | 08/1922 | |
| Improved Precedent | 1486 | LNWR | DALTON | 03/1890 | |
| Hall | 4993 | GWR | DALTON HALL | 02/1931 | |
| D29 | 896 | NBR | DANDIE DINMONT | 07/1909 | |
| Star | 4023 | GWR | DANISH MONARCH | 11/1927 | |
| A2 | 513 | LNER | DANTE | 31/08/1946 | |
| Precursor | 218 | LNWR | DAPHNE | 06/1907 | |
| Warship | D811 | BR | DARING | 14/10/1959 | |
| B17 | 2852 | LNER | DARLINGTON | 02/04/1936 | |
| Castle | 58 | HR | DARNAWAY CASTLE | 03/1917 | Named after: Four miles south-west of Forres. |
| Hall | 4918 | GWR | DARTINGTON HALL | 03/1929 | |
| West Country/Battle of Britain | 21C121 | SR | DARTMOOR | 01/1946 | |
| Duke | 3276 | GWR | Dartmoor | 12/1896 | |
| Bulldog | 3356 | GWR | Dartmouth | 06/1900 | Name removed to avoid confusing with a destination. |
| Castle | 4088 | GWR | DARTMOUTH CASTLE | 25/07/1925 | |
| 6P | 5717 | LMS | DAUNTLESS | 21/07/1936 | |
| 50 | 50048 | BR | Dauntless | 16/03/1978 | |
| Hall | 6907 | GWR | DAVENHAM HALL | 09/11/1940 | |
| Bulldog | 3421 | GWR | DAVID MAC IVER | 02/1903 | |
| 6P | 5678 | LMS | DE ROBECK | 24/12/1935 | |
| Saint | 100 | GWR | DEAN | 06/1902 | |
| George V | 1662 | LNWR | DEERHOUND | 05/1911 | |
| 6P | 5722 | LMS | DEFENCE | 24/08/1936 | |
| 6P | 5728 | LMS | DEFIANCE | 07/10/1936 | |
| Prince of Wales | 1721 | LNWR | DEFIANCE | 11/1911 | |
| 50 | 50049 | BR | Defiance | 02/05/1978 | |
| Castle | 5080 | GWR | DEFIANT | 01/1941 | |
| Precursor | 2051 | LNWR | DELAMERE | 08/1907 | |
| Improved Precedent | 1674 | LNWR | DELHI | 11/1890 | |
| Castle | 5049 | GWR | DENBIGH CASTLE | 30/04/1936 | |
| Castle | 5074 | GWR | DENBIGH CASTLE | 26/07/1938 | |
| Castle | 7001 | GWR | DENBIGH CASTLE | 31/05/1946 | |
| Castle | 7032 | GWR | DENBIGH CASTLE | 23/06/1950 | |
| Experiment | 1621 | LNWR | DENBIGHSHIRE | 11/1910 | |
| B17 | 2851 | LNER | DERBY COUNTY | 30/03/1936 | |
| Shire/Hunt | 251 | LNER | DERBYSHIRE | 26/11/1927 | |
| Experiment | 1420 | LNWR | DERBYSHIRE | 11/1909 | |
| Grange | 6862 | GWR | DERWENT GRANGE | 18/02/1939 | |
| Castle | 5050 | GWR | DEVIZES CASTLE | 02/05/1936 | |
| Castle | 5075 | GWR | DEVIZES CASTLE | 03/08/1938 | |
| Castle | 7002 | GWR | DEVIZES CASTLE | 06/06/1946 | |
| Achilles | 3038 | GWR | DEVONIA | 09/1894 | |
| Alfred The Great | 1946 | LNWR | DIADEM | 06/1901 | |
| Warship | D813 | BR | DIADEM | 09/12/1959 | |
| A1 | 2545 | LNER | DIAMOND JUBILEE | 09/08/1924 | Named after: Racehorse – winner of 1900 Derby, 2000 Guineas and St. Leger. Owned by H.R.H. Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) |
| EM2 | 27003 | BR | DIANA | 01/1961 | |
| B1 | 1033 | LNER | DIBATAG | 29/08/1947 | Named after: Antelope - only the male is horned. which are crescent shaped; found in Somalia. |
| A1 | 2579 | LNER | DICK TURPIN | 27/10/1925 | |
| Hall | 6940 | GWR | DIDLINGTON HALL | 08/1946 | |
| Hall | 5980 | GWR | DINGLEY HALL | 18/09/1938 | |
| Hall | 5924 | GWR | DINTON HALL | 27/05/1933 | |
| Waterloo | 821 | LNWR | DIOMED | 01/1892 | |
| EM1 | 26047 | BR | DIOMEDES | 09/1960 | Named after: Hero of the Trojan War. He was born to Tydeus and Deipyle and later became King of Argos, succeeding his maternal grandfather, Adrastus. In Homer's Iliad Diomedes is regarded alongside Ajax the Great and Agamemnon, after Achilles, as one of the best warriors of all the Achaeans in prowess. After the Trojan War he is said to have founded ten or more Italian cities and, after his death, was worshiped as a divine being in both Italy and Greece. |
| Improved Precedent | 696 | LNWR | DIRECTOR | 11/1888 | |
| D29 | 359 | NBR | DIRK HATTERAICK | 12/1911 | |
| Prince of Wales | 1325 | LNWR | DISRAELI | 05/1922 | |
| Precedent | 867 | LNWR | DISRAELI | 06/1877 | |
| Improved Precedent | 867 | LNWR | DISRAELI | 07/1894 | |
| Star | 4001 | GWR | DOG STAR | 02/1907 | |
| Hall | 5942 | GWR | DOLDOWLOD HALL | 28/02/1935 | |
| Grange | 6863 | GWR | DOLHYWEL GRANGE | 21/02/1939 | |
| D30 | 411 | NBR | DOMINIE SAMPSON | 04/1914 | |
| Alfred The Great | 1969 | LNWR | DOMINION | 03/1903 | |
| A4 | 4489 | LNER | DOMINION OF CANADA | 15/06/1937 | |
| Bulldog | 3453 | GWR | DOMINION OF CANADA | 01/1904 | |
| A4 | 4492 | LNER | DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND | 27/06/1937 | |
| A1 | 2547 | LNER | DONCASTER | 30/08/1924 | Named after: Racehorse – winner of 1873 Derby. Owned by Mr. J. Merry |
| B17 | 2857 | LNER | DONCASTER ROVERS | 15/05/1936 | |
| Castle | 4089 | GWR | DONNINGTON CASTLE | 08/07/1925 | |
| Hall | 4919 | GWR | DONNINGTON HALL | 03/1929 | |
| A1 | 2546 | LNER | DONOVAN | 30/08/1924 | Named after: Racehorse – winner of 1889 Derby and St. Leger. Owned by Duke of Portland |
| West Country/Battle of Britain | 21C142 | SR | DORCHESTER | 10/1946 | |
| Castle | 4090 | GWR | DORCHESTER CASTLE | 15/08/1925 | |
| Hall | 5990 | GWR | DORFORD HALL | 06/12/1939 | |
| Precursor | 276 | LNWR | DORIC | 07/1907 | |
| Teutonic | 1305 | LNWR | DORIC | 05/1890 | Named after: White Star Liner |
| Saint | 2940 | GWR | DORNEY COURT | 12/1911 | |
| R | 56 | HR | Dornoch | 1902 | |
| Britannia | 70054 | BR | DORNOCH FIRTH | 13/09/1954 | |
| George V | 2370 | LNWR | DOVEDALE | 07/1915 | |
| Schools | 911 | SR | DOVER | 12/1932 | |
| Hall | 6908 | GWR | DOWNHAM HALL | 20/11/1940 | |
| Schools | 912 | SR | DOWNSIDE | 12/1932 | |
| Hall | 4994 | GWR | DOWNTON HALL | 02/1931 | |
| Precursor | 60 | LNWR | DRAGON | 10/1904 | |
| 3021 | 3007 | GWR | DRAGON | 03/1892 | |
| Precursor | 1155 | LNWR | DRAGON | 09/1874 | |
| Warship | D814 | BR | DRAGON | 01/01/1960 | |
| 6P | 5659 | LMS | DRAKE | 20/12/1934 | |
| Queen Mary | 1559 | LNWR | DRAKE | 10/1910 | |
| Improved Precedent | 1526 | LNWR | DRAKE | 01/1890 | |
| Manor | 7810 | GWR | DRAYCOTT MANOR | 10/12/1938 | |
| 6P | 5718 | LMS | DREADNOUGHT | 30/07/1936 | |
| Precursor | 659 | LNWR | DREADNOUGHT | 06/1904 | |
| Achilles | 3039 | GWR | DREADNOUGHT | 09/1894 | |
| Dreadnought | 503 | LNWR | DREADNOUGHT | 09/1884 | |
| 50 | 50001 | BR | Dreadnought | 10/04/1978 | |
| Precursor | 106 | LNWR | DRUID | 10/1904 | |
| Precursor | 1144 | LNWR | DRUID | 08/1874 | |
| Warship | D815 | BR | DRUID | 20/01/1960 | |
| Castle | 5051 | GWR | DRYSLLWYN CASTLE | 09/05/1936 | |
| Castle | 5076 | GWR | DRYSLLWYN CASTLE | 10/08/1938 | |
| Castle | 7018 | GWR | DRYSLLWYN CASTLE | 24/05/1949 | |
| Coronation (Semi) | 6234 | LMS | DUCHES OF ABERCORN | 04/08/1938 | |
| Improved Precedent | 1519 | LNWR | DUCHESS | 06/1891 | |
| Achilles | 3066 | GWR | DUCHESS OF ALBANY | 12/1897 | |
| 629 | 674 | LYR | Duchess of Albany | 09/1881 | |
| Coronation (Semi) | 6227 | LMS | DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE | 07/06/1938 | |
| Coronation (Semi) | 6225 | LMS | DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER | 11/05/1938 | |
| Coronation (Semi) | 6229 | LMS | DUCHESS OF HAMILTON | 07/09/1938 | |
| Princess Royal | 6212 | LMS | DUCHESS OF KENT | 21/10/1935 | |
| Precedent | 480 | LNWR | DUCHESS OF LANCASTER | 11/1880 | |
| Improved Precedent | 480 | LNWR | DUCHESS OF LANCASTER | 02/1897 | |
| Coronation (Semi) | 6232 | LMS | DUCHESS OF MONTROSE | 01/07/1938 | |
| Coronation (Semi) | 6226 | LMS | DUCHESS OF NORFOLK | 23/05/1938 | |
| Coronation (Semi) | 6228 | LMS | DUCHESS OF RUTLAND | 17/06/1938 | |
| Coronation (Semi) | 6233 | LMS | DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND | 18/07/1938 | |
| Achilles | 3067 | GWR | DUCHESS OF TECK | 12/1897 | |
| Castle | 4091 | GWR | DUDLEY CASTLE | 01/08/1925 | |
| D30 | 414 | NBR | DUGALD DALGETTY | 06/1914 | |
| B1 | 1015 | LNER | DUIKER | 04/01/1947 | Named after: A small South African antelope of which there are 12 different varieties. |
| Precedent | 257 | LNWR | DUKE OF ALBANY | 01/1882 | |
| Achilles | 3068 | GWR | DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE | 01/1898 | |
| Achilles | 3065 | GWR | DUKE OF CONNAUGHT | 07/1897 | |
| Claughton | 2427 | LNWR | DUKE OF CONNAUGHT | 01/1922 | |
| Precedent | 260 | LNWR | DUKE OF CONNAUGHT | 01/1882 | |
| Improved Precedent | 260 | LNWR | DUKE OF CONNAUGHT | 1896 | |
| Duke | 3252 | GWR | Duke of Cornwall | 05/1895 | |
| Achilles | 3064 | GWR | DUKE OF EDINBURGH | 06/1897 | |
| A2 | 508 | LNER | DUKE OF ROTHESAY | 01/1947 | |
| C11 | 509 | NBR | DUKE OF ROTHESAY | 06/1921 | Named after: The premier Scottish title of the Prince of Wales. (In N.B.R. days, “or” was rendered in smaller characters than the rest of the name, whereas in L.N.E.R. livery “OF” was the same size as the remainder.) |
| Patriot | 5903 | LMS | DUKE OF SUTHERLAND | 15/08/1933 | |
| Claughton | 21 | LNWR | DUKE OF SUTHERLAND | 06/1913 | |
| Achilles | 3063 | GWR | DUKE OF YORK | 06/1897 | |
| Schools | 907 | SR | DULWICH | 07/1930 | |
| G8 | 157 | NBR | Dumbarton | 06/1877 | |
| Shire/Hunt | 281 | LNER | DUMBARTONSHIRE | 09/02/1928 | |
| D30 | 418 | NBR | DUMBIEDYKES | 07/1914 | |
| Hall | 4920 | GWR | DUMBLETON HALL | 03/1929 | |
| Shire/Hunt | 2757 | LNER | DUMFRIES-SHIRE | 28/03/1929 | |
| Grange | 6834 | GWR | DUMMER GRANGE | 23/08/1937 | |
| 721 | 721 | CR | Dunalastair | 01/1896 | |
| 766 | 766 | CR | Dunalastair II | 12/1897 | |
| 6P | 5674 | LMS | DUNCAN | 16/12/1935 | |
| Castle | 149 | HR | DUNCRAIG CASTLE | 07/1902 | Named after: Adjacent to the railway between Strome Ferry and Plockton and served by Duncraig station (for many years a private station). Res |
| G8 | 167 | NBR | Dundee | 1879 | |
| C10 | 869 | NBR | DUNDONIAN | 07/1906 | Named after: A native of Dundee, busy port and industrial centre on the Edinburgh-Aberdeen main line. It is believed that a prominent Fife lawyer objected to this name on the grounds that it was a slang term, and the N.B.R. altered the name in April 1912 to Bonnie Dundee. This could be taken as referring to the city, but its traditional application was as a nickname for John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, Royalist soldier. He was also commemorated on Scott class engine No. 415 Claverhouse. |
| Atbara | 3399 | GWR | DUNEDIN | 08/1901 | |
| C10 | 874 | NBR | DUNEDIN | 08/1906 | Named after: Anglicised version of Dun Eideann, the Gaelic name for Edinburgh. |
| Hall | 5953 | GWR | DUNLEY HALL | 11/12/1935 | |
| Manor | 7811 | GWR | DUNLEY MANOR | 10/12/1938 | |
| Castle | 4092 | GWR | DUNRAVEN CASTLE | 06/08/1925 | |
| Precursor | 1573 | LNWR | DUNROBIN | 04/1905 | |
| Dreadnought | 2055 | LNWR | DUNROBIN | 12/1885 | |
| Castle | 142 | HR | DUNROBIN CASTLE | 06/1900 | Named after: Adjacent to the railway between Golspie and Brora and served by Dunrobin (Private) station. Seat of the Duke of Sutherland, a di |
| Castle | 4093 | GWR | DUNSTER CASTLE | 26/05/1926 | |
| Tilbury tanks | 76 | LTSR | Dunton | 1908 | Named after: Town/village served by the LTSR |
| Castle | 30 | HR | DUNVEGAN CASTLE | 03/1910 | Named after: On the west coast of the Isle of Skye. Seat of the Chief of Clan MacLeod. |
| Atbara | 3400 | GWR | DURBAN | 08/1901 | |
| V2 | 4831 | LNER | DURHAM SCHOOL | 15/06/1939 | |
| Bruce | 82 | HR | Durn | 1908 | |
| 73 | 74 | HR | Durn | 1917 | |
| Star | 4024 | GWR | DUTCH MONARCH | 11/1927 | |
| A4 | 4496 | LNER | DWIGHT D EISENHOWER | 25/09/1945 | |
| Grange | 6864 | GWR | DYMOCK GRANGE | 24/02/1939 | |
| Castle | 4094 | GWR | DYNEVOR CASTLE | 05/06/1926 |