Getting up a head of steam
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325758)
Rockingham, Australia
January 23, 2017 7:38am CST
I have a steam train named after me – or perhaps it is just bearing my name as it is much older than I am, having been built in 1937. Judy the steam engine was at the Bristol Harbour Railway when we were there in 2015. This heritage railway runs for about a mile along Bristol Harbour.
Judy was built by W G Bagnall, a locomotive manufacturer from Stafford, England. Several of their engines have lovely common names like Linda, Alfred, Peter and Isabel among others. The company was founded in 1875 and operated until 1962 when it was taken over by English Electric. According to the website, Judy has since returned to the Bodmin & Wenford heritage railway in Cornwall.
Can you see the nameplate on the side? And isn't she a great little engine?
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@averygirl72 (37716)
• Philippines
23 Jan 17
@JudyEv Yes I'm surprised too the engine doesn't look old in the picture. I see the name Judy. It looks cool
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jan 17
@averygirl72 It's nice having an engine with my name.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
23 Jan 17
Yes,I can see your name.It is such a lovely train.
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 17
It's nice isn't it? It would be nice in our paddock.
@xstitcher (30295)
• Petaluma, California
23 Jan 17
I like her ! She looks like she should be in Sodor (where Thomas the Tank Engine lives). I have nothing named after me, but I was named after a bookstore...
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 17
I don't know what I was named after. Stacey is a nice name however it came about.
@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
23 Jan 17
Very nice and it's green you can't go wrong with a green engine
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
23 Jan 17
Yes, you own that beautiful train. Is it still working?
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 17
Yes, it was chooffing up and down the harbour, blowing its whistle from time to time.
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
23 Jan 17
What a lovely engine that bears your name. :-)
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
23 Jan 17
Steam Engines are so beautiful and have so much character and I am glad that they have taken her back.
Must be so nice to have something named after you or for you both to have the same Name.
Like the Ships have too. On the Onedin Line Series there was a Ship or there still is maybe called the Charlotte Rhodes all full of Sails loved it.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
23 Jan 17
@JudyEv
So lovely to look at and I always wanted one of those Model things that you had to glue together but never got a Model Ship to do ever.
However we used to sneak out across the Road from School to watch the Steam Trains go by.
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jan 17
@lovinangelsinstead21 We saw models in the museum. Some are really lovely and very detailed.
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 17
I'm immortalised - till she goes to scrap anyway! 
@Deepizzaguy (94537)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
25 Jan 17
The steam engine looks wonderful.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Jan 17
The engine is maintained in pristine condition. Looks great.
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 17
I was pretty pleased although it seems a bit of a strange name for an engine.
