tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post6363961179201629322..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: A snapshot of forgotten post-war railway historyJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-7217878951714315162020-06-24T23:42:09.912+01:002020-06-24T23:42:09.912+01:00Thanks for pointing our the relevance of the name,...Thanks for pointing our the relevance of the name, Steve, but it is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merchant_Venturer" rel="nofollow">name of the service</a> rather than of the locomotive. It was a special service introduced in connection with the Festival of Britain.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-57848334248925513812020-06-24T22:31:03.222+01:002020-06-24T22:31:03.222+01:00The name on the Loco is significant in the light o...The name on the Loco is significant in the light of the Colston statue incident a couple of weeks ago, it refers to the Society of Merchant Venturers. They were the people who put up the statue 170 years after Colston died and about 65 years after the abolition of slavery!<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Merchant_Venturers<br />Steve Comerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00851817685146799324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-8098224365178550172020-06-24T19:18:11.342+01:002020-06-24T19:18:11.342+01:00Thanks for the suggestion, Tom.Thanks for the suggestion, Tom.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-43346375350599284342020-06-24T15:07:52.972+01:002020-06-24T15:07:52.972+01:00See Kevin Robertson's 'The Great Western R...See Kevin Robertson's 'The Great Western Railway Gas Turbines: a myth exposed' - don't be put off by the melodramatic title, and it is worth persevering with the author's ropey syntax.Tom Barneynoreply@blogger.com