60 år på tronen fejres med tog

[moppe]

Droning Elizabeth II af England fejrer i år 60 års jubilæum på tronen.

For at kunne komme standsmæssigt frem til de mange arrangementer skal hun køre med det kongelige tog. Det er DB Schenker Rail UK der står for at trækkraften og har fået malet en Class 67 op i flotte farver.
http://www.rail.co/2012/03/23/db-schenk ... ocomotive/

De skriver selv:
"Royal Train starts its Diamond Jubilee tour with specially commissioned locomotive
Friday 23 March 2012

In recognition of the first Royal Train service as part of Her Majesty The Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations, a locomotive was unveiled arriving into Manchester Victoria Station today (Friday 23 March) in a specially commissioned Jubilee design. The locomotive, which will haul the Royal Train to Jubilee events this year, is painted in silver with an image of the United Kingdom flag and was officially named Diamond Jubilee by HM The Queen earlier that morning.

The celebratory design was commissioned by DB Schenker Rail UK, the Royal Train Operator, to commemorate the historic link between HM The Queen's reign and the railway. The Royal Train has been a central part of the travel arrangements of the Royal Family since the first service operated on 13 June 1842. The train will transport members of the Royal Family to Diamond Jubilee events across the UK this year.

Alain Thauvette, Chief Executive of DB Schenker Rail UK, said: "During the Diamond Jubilee this special locomotive will convey members of the Royal Family using the Royal Train to engagements across Britain to celebrate this important year. "The railway is proud to support the transport requirements of the Royal Household and we are delighted to have commissioned this special locomotive design to commemorate and celebrate HM The Queen's Diamond Jubilee.""

Lidt spøjst at et selskab med tysk ejerskab og en direktør med et meget franskklingende navn, skal bruge et spanskbygget lokomotiv, vel at mærke bygget på en fransk ejet fabrik, med en amerikansk motor til at fragte den engelske dronning. Globalisering siger jeg bare.

Klaus

[Søren]

Lidt spøjst at et selskab med tysk ejerskab og en direktør med et meget franskklingende navn, skal bruge et spanskbygget lokomotiv, vel at mærke bygget på en fransk ejet fabrik, med en amerikansk motor til at fragte den engelske dronning. Globalisering siger jeg bare.

Jeg tænkte præcis det samme. Der er nok en patriot eller to, der ikke synes om det. :-)