Talk:British Rail Class 18

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Requested move 21 April 2021[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Vaticidalprophet 23:04, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

British Rail Class 18 (Clayton) → British Rail Class 18 – Primary topic thus no disambiguation needed, proposed name is already a redirect to this article. Clattein (talk) 07:38, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Seems like a no-brainer to me. Though you will need to get an admin to do the moves as it involves overwriting the current British Rail Class 18, which exists as as a redirect.The joy of all things (talk) 10:53, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Little reason to disambiguate when there is no ambiguity. Superalbs (talk) 22:40, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Engine name[edit]

I've changed the reference to the engine model from "ECOMAX" to "DIESELMAX" on the basis that JCB's own Sales Manager uses the latter name in the cited articles, and that that nomenclature is supported by JCB's own website in the fact that there are no ECOMAX units marked as being Stage V compliant. XAM2175 ^(T) 16:50, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

British Rail[edit]

This is not a British Rail loco. "British Rail" was the brand name of the nationalised British railway organisation known legally as "British Railways". This organisation ceased to exist in 1997 as an operational railway. TJ (talk) 15:07, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Neither are the British Rail Class 390, British Rail Class 373 or British Rail Class 68… however, that’s the naming convention of British railway rolling stock pages. Danners430 (talk) 17:59, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

So Wikipedia changes the facts on the basis of a convention? No wonder it has a bad rep'! I am going to guess that it was non-UK folk who decided this. No knowledgable perso in the UK would make such a mistake which is not a trainspotty point, but a matter of common parlance. TJ (talk) 11:59, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Tanyajane: This has been discussed several times before, at both individual article level and more centrally. The most recent of the latter that I am aware of is Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Railways/Archive 52#Should the Unit/Loco pages be renamed? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 11:09, 3 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]