Emblem
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Description
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Use
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Allerton Depot
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Capital A with wings and wheel. Used at Allerton depot which repaired shunters and wagons as well as servicing DMUs.
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Bescot Depot
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A saddle representing the local leather industry.
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Buxton Depot
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Millstone representing the local stone industries.
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Cardiff Canton Depot
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The Welsh mountain goat is the mascot of the Capital City’s main depot.
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Carlisle Currock Depot
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The fox comes from the local football team. Applied to wagons and the nameplates of 47588.
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Crewe Electric Depot
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The Eagle represents Eagle Bridge which is the area of Crewe that the depot is situated in.
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Crewe Diesel Depot
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The leaping Cheshire cat is one of the widest applied logos of all. It was also used by RES on the side of their Crewe based locos. In privatisation, Riviera Trains adopted it as a logo for their Class 47 fleet.
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Eastfield Depot
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The ‘Scottie’ is the depot mascot for Eastfield and has a few styles over the many years of use. This is the later style only used on depot plaques.
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Eastleigh Depot
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The instantly recognisable Spitfire represents the close proximity of Southampton Airport where the first flight of the Spitfire was undertaken.
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Grangemouth Depot
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The Viking Longship is used as the area was a first landing area of the Vikings on raids of the UK.
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Hither Green Depot
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The Oast Houses are typical landmarks of Kent.
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Immingham Depot
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Star and scroll
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Knottingley Depot
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Pithead winding gear represents the large amount of coal that the depots locos hauled
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Plymouth Laira Depot
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The ship on this plaque is the Golden Hind which sailed into Plymouth with Sir Francis Drake on board after his first voyage.
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Leicester Depot
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Leicester Panther, possibly due to the Leicester Panthers British American Football team.
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Motherwell Depot
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The Hammer and Anvil represents the steel traffic this depot was famous for handling.
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Ripple Lane Depot
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The burning torch represents burning oil as petrochemicals were the main traffic for the depot.
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Saltley Depot
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The seagull comes from the nickname of the depot staff ‘The Saltley Seagulls’.
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St Blazey Depot
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The Cornish depot used the lizard as their mascot
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Stewarts Lane Depot
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The South London depot was very close to Battersea Power Station
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Stratford Depot
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The ‘Cockney Sparrow’ has long been a Stratford mascot. This is the more widely used version but later a more cartoon version was used.
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Thornaby Depot
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The ‘Thornaby Kingfisher’ was originally a painted logo but the ‘standard’ form has been adopted on the plaque as well.
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Tinsley Depot
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Probably the most widespread depot plaque. The ‘Yorkshire Rose’ leaves no questions on where this depot was situated!
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Toton Depot
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The midlands depot was tasked mainly with moving coal to power stations as represented by the cooling towers.
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Westbury Depot
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The logo is derived from the famous Westbury White Horse which is drawn into the chalk hills above the depot.
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