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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Main Author:	Coates, Richard
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego 2025
Subjects:	chrematonyms locomotive names Britain 1846–1954 cultural background of naming an onomastic “law” thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics
Online Access:	https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160000
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