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Names beginning with 'M'
Class Number when named Company Name Date Named Info
Precedent 619 LNWR MABEL 10/1880  
Improved Precedent 619 LNWR MABEL 02/1896  
K4 3442 LNER MACCAILEIN MÓR 07/1938 Misspelt name - to avoid embarassment, the loco was hidden at the back of Eastfield shed until new plates were sent from Darlington.
K4 3445 LNER MACCAILIN MÓR 01/1939  
K4 3446 LNER MacLEOD OF MacLEOD 03/1939  
6P 5668 LMS MADDEN 02/12/1935  
Improved Precedent 2002 LNWR MADGE 06/1891  
A1 60135 BR MADGE WILDFIRE 10/1950  
D29 244 NBR MADGE WILDFIRE 10/1911  
B1 1027 LNER MADOQUA 11/05/1947 Named after: One of the East African dik-diks which live in permanent pairs; silver-grey in colour.
6P 5575 LMS MADRAS 29/09/1934  
Bulldog 3469 GWR MADRAS 04/1904  
Saint 2947 GWR MADRESFIELD COURT 06/1912  
Atbara 3382 GWR MAFEKING 05/1900  
Improved Precedent 1744 LNWR MAGDALA 04/1892  
Saint 179 GWR MAGNET 04/1905 Nameplates fitted snug to splashers
Alfred The Great 1945 LNWR MAGNIFICENT 06/1901  
Warship D828 BR MAGNIFICENT 19/10/1960  
Warship D829 BR MAGPIE 23/11/1960  
Standard Class 5 73089 BR MAID OF ASTOLAT 09/09/1955  
King Arthur 744 SR MAID OF ASTOLAT 09/1919  
Large/Scottish Director 6396 LNER MAID OF LORN 11/1924  
Hall 4942 GWR MAINDY HALL 07/1929  
Atbara 3373 GWR MAINE 29/10/1900 Temporarily named for City Imperial Volunteers (C.I.V.) special on 29/10/1900.
Atbara 3381 GWR MAINE 05/1900  
Achilles 3048 GWR MAJESTIC 02/1895  
Experiment 1020 LNWR MAJESTIC 01/1909  
Warship D830 BR MAJESTIC 19/01/1961  
6P 5615 LMS MALAY STATES 15/08/1934  
Large/Scottish Director 6392 LNER MALCOLM GRAEME 10/1924  
A4 4468 LNER MALLARD 03/03/1938  
Star 4062 GWR MALMESBURY ABBEY 29/05/1922  
George V 2177 LNWR MALTA 07/1911  
Atbara 3407 GWR MALTA 09/1901  
6P 5616 LMS MALTA G.C. 16/08/1934  
Schools 929 SR MALVERN 07/1934  
Precursor 645 LNWR MAMMOTH 01/1905  
Dreadnought 513 LNWR MAMMOTH 05/1885  
47 D1670 BR MAMMOTH 08/1965 Named after: An extinct large woolly elephant
B17 2862 LNER MANCHESTER UNITED 13/01/1937  
6P 5556 LMS MANITOBA 06/07/1934  
A1 2553 LNER MANNA 31/12/1924 Named after: Racehorse – winner of 1925 Derby and 2000 Guineas. Owned by Mr. H. E. Morriss
A3 2596 LNER MANNA 22/02/1930 Named after: Racehorse – winner of 1925 Derby and 2000 Guineas. Owned by Mr. H. E. Morriss
Castle 5005 GWR MANORBIER CASTLE 11/06/1927  
West Country/Battle of Britain 21C170 SR MANSTON 11/1947  
Grange 6822 GWR MANTON GRANGE 19/01/1937  
Prince of Wales 1542 LNWR MARATHON 08/1922  
Precedent 517 LNWR MARATHON 09/1878  
Improved Precedent 517 LNWR MARATHON 01/1896  
Bulldog 3340 GWR Marazion 01/1900 Name removed to avoid confusing with a destination.
Hall 5907 GWR MARBLE HALL 05/1931  
Modified Hall 6981 GWR MARBURY HALL 02/1948  
Dreadnought 507 LNWR MARCHIONESS OF STAFFORD 03/1885  
Bulldog 3339 GWR Marco Polo 01/1900  
Flower 4114 GWR Marguerite 07/1908  
Flower 4115 GWR Marigold 07/1908  
Bulldog 3282 GWR Maristow 12/1908  
Duke 3282 GWR Maristowe 02/1897
Prince of Wales 86 LNWR MARK TWAIN 01/1914  
G8 157 NBR Markinch 1879  
Grange 6841 GWR MARLAS GRANGE 23/09/1937  
Schools 922 SR MARLBOROUGH 12/1933  
Badminton 3303 GWR MARLBOROUGH 07/1898  
Experiment 2022 LNWR MARLBOROUGH 05/1909  
Improved Precedent 1523 LNWR MARLBOROUGH 04/1893  
A1 60132 BR MARMION 12/1950  
Precursor 469 LNWR MARMION 06/1907  
Large/Scottish Director 511 GCR MARNE 12/1922  
J36 666 NBR MARNE 06/1919 Named after: Served in France during WW1
Precursor 412 LNWR MARQUIS 11/1904  
Precursor 1143 LNWR MARQUIS 08/1874  
Waterloo 124 LNWR MARQUIS DOURO 03/1893  
Hall 4943 GWR MARRINGTON HALL 07/1929  
6P 5698 LMS MARS 08/04/1936  
Bulldog 3341 GWR Mars 01/1900  
Alfred The Great 1977 LNWR MARS 07/1903  
Waterloo 793 LNWR MARTIN 05/1894  
Hall 5946 GWR MARWELL HALL 20/03/1935  
Waterloo 479 LNWR MASTODON 03/1892  
J36 673 NBR MAUDE 06/1919 Named after: Served in France during WW1
J36 65243 BR MAUDE 06/1948 Named after: Served in France during WW1
J36 65243 BR MAUDE 02/1960 Named after: Served in France during WW1
6P 5617 LMS MAURITIUS 24/09/1934  
Atbara 3405 GWR MAURITIUS 09/1901  
Hall 5959 GWR MAWLEY HALL 03/01/1936  
B1 61379 BR MAYFLOWER 13/07/1951  
Experiment 667 LNWR MAZEPPA 11/1906  
Waterloo 995 LNWR MEDEA 1895  
Precursor 366 LNWR MEDUSA 05/1905  
Dreadnought 2058 LNWR MEDUSA 12/1885  
D30 410 NBR MEG DODS 04/1914  
A1 60115 BR MEG MERRILIES 06/1950  
D29 243 NBR MEG MERRILIES 09/1911  
Atbara 3406 GWR MELBOURNE 09/1901  
55 D9003 BR MELD 07/07/1961 Named after: Named after the winner of the 1955 1000 Guineas, St Leger, Oaks and Coronation Stakes
Standard Class 5 73085 BR MELISANDE 05/08/1955  
King Arthur 753 SR MELISANDE 01/1923  
D27 478 NBR MELROSE 06/1877  
A1 2543 LNER MELTON 28/06/1924 Named after: Racehorse – winner of 1885 Derby and St. Leger. Owned by Lord Hastings
B17 2838 LNER MELTON HALL 02/03/1933  
Waterloo 736 LNWR MEMNON 01/1892  
Duke 3323 GWR Mendip 06/1899
EM1 26051 BR MENTOR 06/1959 Named after: In the Odyssey, Mentor was the son of Alcimus. In his old age Mentor was a friend of Odysseus. When Odysseus left for the Trojan War, he placed Mentor in charge of his son Telemachus, and of Odysseus' palace.
Schools 910 SR MERCHANT TAYLORS 11/1932  
Duke 3321 GWR Mercury 04/1899
Precedent 749 LNWR MERCURY 09/1878  
Improved Precedent 749 LNWR MERCURY 05/1895  
Hall 5971 GWR MEREVALE HALL 17/04/1937  
Standard Class 5 73080 BR MERLIN 06/1955  
King Arthur 740 SR MERLIN 04/1919  
A4 4486 LNER MERLIN 13/03/1937  
Duke 3260 GWR Merlin 09/1895
Alfred The Great 1978 LNWR MERLIN 07/1903  
Precedent 860 LNWR MERRIE CARLISLE 05/1877  
Improved Precedent 860 LNWR MERRIE CARLISLE 11/1894  
A1 2565 LNER MERRY HAMPTON 16/07/1924 Named after: Racehorse – winner of 1887 Derby. Owned by Mr. Abingdon
Precursor 665 LNWR MERSEY 06/1907  
Duke 3322 GWR Mersey 04/1899
O2 W27 SR MERSTONE 11/1928  
Precursor 519 LNWR MESSENGER 05/1905  
Experiment 2-(2-2)-0 1111 LNWR MESSENGER 06/1884  
6P 5734 LMS METEOR 11/11/1936  
George V 2242 LNWR METEOR 05/1913  
Duke 3320 GWR Meteor 04/1899
Precedent 863 LNWR METEOR 05/1877  
Class 73 73005 BR Mid Hants - Watercress Line 09/1988  
B17 2855 LNER MIDDLESBROUGH 29/04/1936  
Experiment 1652 LNWR MIDDLESEX 11/1909  
Hall 4944 GWR MIDDLETON HALL 07/1929  
A1 60151 BR MIDLOTHIAN 03/1951  
C10 875 NBR MIDLOTHIAN 08/1906 Named after: The county in which Edinburgh (the Headquarters of the N.B.R.) was situated.
Flower 4116 GWR Mignonette 07/1908  
A4 26 LNER MILES BEEVOR 11/11/1947  
Queen Mary 2507 LNWR MILES MACINNES 10/1910  
8 9 CWR Millgrove 1913  
Hall 4945 GWR MILLIGAN HALL 08/1929  
B17 2835 LNER MILTON 02/07/1931  
Prince of Wales 2055 LNWR MILTON 01/1916  
Improved Precedent 1515 LNWR MILTON 05/1890  
Prince of Wales 136 LNWR MINERVA 10/1915  
Improved Precedent 1681 LNWR MINERVA 02/1888  
EM2 27005 BR MINERVA 05/1959  
A1 2561 LNER MINORU 30/05/1925 Named after: Racehorse – winner of 1909 Derby and 2000 Guineas. Owned by H.M. King Edward VII
6P 5695 LMS MINOTAUR 26/03/1936  
Improved Precedent 271 LNWR MINOTAUR 06/1887  
Precedent 1194 LNWR MIRANDA 09/1878  
Improved Precedent 1194 LNWR MIRANDA 02/1897  
Hall 6916 GWR MISTERTON HALL 04/1946  
Precursor 419 LNWR MONARCH 06/1907  
Badminton 3301 GWR MONARCH 07/1898  
Warship D831 BR MONARCH 11/01/1961  
50 50010 BR Monarch 16/03/1978  
Bruce 83 HR Monkland 1902  
Castle 5037 GWR MONMOUTH CASTLE 31/05/1935  
Experiment 1689 LNWR MONMOUTHSHIRE 12/1909  
J36 621 NBR MONRO 06/1919 Named after: Served in France during WW1
Large/Scottish Director 501 GCR MONS 09/1922  
J36 648 NBR MONS 05/1919 Named after: Served in France during WW1
J36 9648 LNER MONS 12/1938 Named after: Served in France during WW1
J36 65224 BR MONS 12/1948 Named after: Served in France during WW1
J36 65224 BR MONS 07/1955 Named after: Served in France during WW1
P2 2004 LNER MONS MEG 11/07/1936  
Castle 5016 GWR MONTGOMERY CASTLE 09/07/1932  
Bulldog 3460 GWR MONTREAL 02/1904  
D27 487 NBR MONTROSE 10/1878  
Precursor 2583 LNWR MOONSTONE 12/1915  
George V 1472 LNWR MOOR HEN 09/1911  
Britannia 70053 BR MORAY FIRTH 03/09/1954  
Shire/Hunt 246 LNER MORAYSHIRE 20/02/1928  
Patriot 5963 LMS MORECAMBE AND HEYSHAM 22/03/1933  
Grange 6853 GWR MOREHAMPTON GRANGE 11/11/1937  
Hall 5908 GWR MORETON HALL 06/1931  
Grange 6866 GWR MORFA GRANGE 02/03/1939  
Standard Class 5 73112 BR MORGAN LE FAY 22/10/1955  
King Arthur 750 SR MORGAN LE FAY 10/1922  
Castle 5038 GWR MORLAIS CASTLE 12/06/1935  
Britannia 70021 BR MORNING STAR 03/08/1951  
Star 4004 GWR MORNING STAR 02/1907  
Badminton 3302 GWR MORTIMER 07/1898  
Hall 4946 GWR MOSELEY HALL 08/1929  
Hall 5985 GWR MOSTYN HALL 18/10/1938  
Hall 6956 GWR MOTTRAM HALL 01/1947  
Duke 3261 GWR Mount Edgcumbe 09/1895
Duke 3283 GWR Mounts Bay 02/1897
P 102 HR Munlochy 1910  
6P 5740 LMS MUNSTER 19/12/1936  
Improved Precedent 1488 LNWR MURDOCH 11/1888  
B1 1245 LNER MURRAY OF ELIBANK 12/1947 Named after: Appointed Director of the LNER in 1923. Died 2/6/1973
Hall 6915 GWR MURSLEY HALL 15/02/1941  
Castle 145 HR MURTHLY CASTLE 06/1900 Named after: Two miles north-west of Murthly station (10½ miles north of Perth).
6P 5586 LMS MYSORE 15/12/1934  
Hall 5996 GWR MYTTON HALL 03/06/1940