The Naming of Railway Locomotives in Britain as a Cultural Indicator, 1846–1954
From the birth of railways in Britain in the early nineteenth century, it rapidly became usual (but not obligatory) for the classes of locomotive used on passenger trains to bear names. Before 1846 diverse practices were in play; after that the majority of the names bestowed were reapplications of p...
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| description | From the birth of railways in Britain in the early nineteenth century, it rapidly became usual (but not obligatory) for the classes of locomotive used on passenger trains to bear names. Before 1846 diverse practices were in play; after that the majority of the names bestowed were reapplications of pre-existing proper names, for example those of persons, celestial bodies, racehorses, geographical features or buildings. This paper contends that such practices were not random, but closely aligned to sociocultural preoccupations of the period covered, 1846 to 1954, which coincides with Britain’s peak as a world power. Evidence is presented that the major railway companies differed in detail in their practices, but that there was a common overarching unscripted policy regarding eponyms which responded to contemporary high culture, moral and political values and the underpinnings of Britain’s imperial project. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1600002025-05-20T08:39:08Z The Naming of Railway Locomotives in Britain as a Cultural Indicator, 1846–1954 Coates, Richard chrematonyms locomotive names Britain 1846–1954 cultural background of naming an onomastic “law” thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics From the birth of railways in Britain in the early nineteenth century, it rapidly became usual (but not obligatory) for the classes of locomotive used on passenger trains to bear names. Before 1846 diverse practices were in play; after that the majority of the names bestowed were reapplications of pre-existing proper names, for example those of persons, celestial bodies, racehorses, geographical features or buildings. This paper contends that such practices were not random, but closely aligned to sociocultural preoccupations of the period covered, 1846 to 1954, which coincides with Britain’s peak as a world power. Evidence is presented that the major railway companies differed in detail in their practices, but that there was a common overarching unscripted policy regarding eponyms which responded to contemporary high culture, moral and political values and the underpinnings of Britain’s imperial project. Published 2025-05-20T08:39:05Z 2025-05-20T08:39:05Z 2023-12-18 chapter 9788323374787 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160000 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://wuj.pl/en/book/onomastics-in-interaction-with-other-branches-of-science-volume-3 https://wuj.pl/the-naming-of-railway-locomotives-in-britain-as-a-cultural-indicator-1846-1954 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Onomastics in Interaction With Other Branches of Science. Volume 3. General and Applied Onomastics. Literary Onomastics. Chrematonomastics. Reports 10.4467/K7478.47/22.23.17747 10.4467/K7478.47/22.23.17747 b56389e6-bd6e-43b9-abc7-9af91c5afc6b c399a3f7-2b80-46ec-b511-77038f45ea82 9788323374787 433-448 open access |
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