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The naming of locomotives has a long history in Great Britain. On July 17th, the tradition continued as Sir Patrick Stewart, perhaps best known stateside for his role as Captain Picard in "Star Trek: The Next Generation", participated in a naming ceremony for GB Railfreight Class 66 66738. The locomotive was given the name Huddersfield Town in honor of a local football club. Sir Patrick is a long time fan of the club and so was asked to unveil the nameplate. Interestingly, 66738 is not the first locomotive to be named in honor of Huddersfield Town as LNER B17 4-6-0 2853 carried the name from the 1930s. Below are a few images of the festivities from the GBRf Facebook page.

 

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Patrick Stewart is a brilliant actor. He will forever hold an place in my heart for his portrayal of the often-stiff (sometimes kindhearted) Captain Jean Luc Picard on "Star Trek The Next Generation."

 

The accomplished actor also mesmerized as the brilliant and powerful wheelchair-ridden mutant leader, Professor X, in the "X-Men" motion picture series. He was most enjoyable in scenes in which he encountered his arch nemesis Magneto, played by the effervescent Ian McKellen (perhaps best remembered for his role as Gandalph in "The Lord of the Rings" saga).

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It's HO scale, but a pal of mine who's hug into trek has a very large layout (these days it's more like a parking lot for his massive brass steam locomotive collection) called the Enterprise and McCoy. He even asked me to draw up artwork several years ago for speed striping on the cabs, he uses the same Federation insignia, pointed in the direction of travel, along with striping, all in gold, on most of his home-road-lettered locomotives. I don't have any photos of his rolling stock to post here, though.

Steam pulling Amtrak metroliners and double-stacks, stuff like that. The justification is the suggestion that you might not be looking at the 20th (or even 21st) century. He has industries named after various sci-fi stuff, too.

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Originally Posted by Tinplate Art:

Definitely a unique way to pay homage to the Star Trek phenomenon! 

 

Personally a little "over the top" for me! 

 

I am a Star Trek fan, but NOT a "Trekkie"! 

It's over the top for anyone. Even the guy who owns the Trek-marked stuff would admit to that.

Glad you didn't go into that eye-rolling argument over "trekkie" v/s "trekker," which is about the silliest thing I've ever heard over and over...

I really like sci-fi and have several props and cosutmes from TV shows in my collection as well as having some sci-fi uniforms that will fit me (nothing from trek, though), but I wouldn't consirder myself a raving sci-fi nut in a 'Big Bang Theory' character kind of way. I like Trek and have met several of the stars from the original series over the years (had a nice talk with gene Roddenberry about him flying B-17s in WW2 once, much the dismay of those who wanted to talk trek with him instead, but he liked talking about that timeframe instead) but I dont think i own any Trek stuff other than  couple of the movie DVDs...

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