Just plain loco

9:47am Wednesday 12th December 2012 in Letters By Reader's letter

YOU report on December 7 that “An historic train has come home to Yorkshire...”, that it is a “...sister train to record-breaker Mallard” and that “The train is currently being restored...”

I would point out that the A4 Class locomotive Dwight D Eisenhower is NOT a train, it is a locomotive. The two terms are not interchangeable.

A train is what a locomotive hauls, which even had to be pointed out to the BBC PM programme last Friday. Please try to get them right.

Michael Blakemore, Lime Tree Avenue, Easingwold.

Comments(7)

sheps lad says...
10:48am Wed 12 Dec 12

Pedant!

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Ageing Hippy says...
12:00pm Wed 12 Dec 12

WOW, I bet you're a blast at parties!!!

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pedalling paul says...
2:00pm Wed 12 Dec 12

The NRM has a useful display about the Flying Scotsman. This helpfully explains the difference between the train ie the 10am Kings Cross to Edinburgh & vice versa, plus the locomotive of that name which sometimes might pull the Flying Scotsman train.......

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Ageing Hippy says...
3:04pm Wed 12 Dec 12

Good God!! PP stick to boring people with your opinion on cycling and leave the job of boring people about TRAINS to Mr Blakemore Find a niche and stick with it, (your sooo good at it).

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bolero says...
10:59pm Wed 12 Dec 12

Chuff, chuff, chuff. Phew,ew,ew.

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old_geezer says...
9:54am Thu 13 Dec 12

Good point Mr B, and to shep's lad:I don't think pedant should be a term of abuse. Journalists of all people should be careful in their choice of words, it's a crucial part of their job.

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pedalling paul says...
10:01am Thu 13 Dec 12

Ageing Hippy wrote:
Good God!! PP stick to boring people with your opinion on cycling and leave the job of boring people about TRAINS to Mr Blakemore Find a niche and stick with it, (your sooo good at it).
PTHZZZZzzzzzzz......
........! And please don't misuse the possessive pronoun "your" . You should have typed "You're"

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