User:Smurrayinchester/UK train nicknames
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To be cleaned up and moved to Appendix space eventually.
- 37: Tractor (due to their noise)
- 43: HST (initialism of 'High Speed Train'), InterCity (because they ran the InterCity routes), 125 (because their top speed was 125 mph)
- 50: Hoover (due to their noise)
- 55: Deltic (due to the shape of their engine), U-boat (because they used engines designed for ships)
- 58: Bone (due to their shape)
- 66: Shed (due to their shape)
- 67: Skip (due to their shape)
- 91: InterCity 225, 225 (because their top speed was 225 km/h)
- 142: Nodding Donkey (due to the undulations of their suspension)
- 140-144: Pacer (development name at British Rail)
- 150, 153, 155, 156, 158, 159: Sprinter (development name at British Rail)
- 153: Dogbox (due to their shape)
- 165, 166, 365, 465, 466: Networker (originally built for Network Southeast)
- 373: Eurostar (originally built for Eurostar)
- 460: Darth Vader (due to their shape)