Talk:List of GWR 4900 Class locomotives

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Sources for names[edit]

Aldenham Hall now redirects to Aldenham Park, Morville, because I found a reference that proved it was an alternative name for that house. What I have not proved is that this is the house that the GWR intended to name No 4902 after. In this case, the name is probably unique (as a UK country house) and is in the GWR 'area'. In the case of eg Barton Hall, there are multiple possible namesakes, at least one of which is in Devon, but there may have been reasons to use names from outside the GWR 'area' (if a Director lived there, or later on when they ran out of 'local' names).

The sources I have give lists of locomotive names, but no provenance. Did the GWR ever publish definitive sources for their locomotive names, or was the public left to guess which namesake was intended (if multiple possibilities existed)? -- Verbarson ^talk_edits 00:01, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Verbarson: See Davies, Ken (April 1993). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part fourteen: Names and their Origins - Railmotor Services - War Service - The Complete Preservation Story. Lincoln: RCTS. pp. P105, P107. ISBN 0-901115-75-4. OCLC 59928196. where we find:

Aldenham Hall: ten miles NW of Bridgnorth, Shropshire. Now known as Aldenham Park.
Barton Hall: now a holiday centre near Torquay in S. Devon. Partly demolished.

RCTS books are generally well-researched. This one was more than forty years in compilation. --Redrose64 🦌 (talk) 01:38, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad that authoritative answers are available, and for all classes not just the Halls. -- Verbarson ^talk_edits 18:10, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]