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  • 11 February 2018 at 18:10 #341004
    Hilary Milburn
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      My neighbour Bill, who has been reading this mag since 1949 apparently, asked me, a French speaker, why Dr Ron Fitzgerald refers to Du Bousquet's locomotives as 'Les Grands Chocolats'. He uses the term repeatedly, but gives no clue to why the locomotives are so called. I can only surmise it is the colour of the livery. Am I right or wrong?

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      11 February 2018 at 18:10 #37762
      Hilary Milburn
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        Why are the locomotives so called?

        11 February 2018 at 18:36 #341009
        Andrew Tinsley
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          The late lamented Railway Museum,, Nord compound was a delightful chocolate colour!

          Andrew.

          11 February 2018 at 18:41 #341010
          Neil Wyatt
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            I found this:

            Pacific Chapelon, la vitesse et la gloire Superbe dans sa livrée chocolat à filets jaunes, la Pacific Chapelon Nord est une des locomotives les plus célèbres de l'histoire des chemins de fer, non seulement en France, mais aussi dans le monde entier.

            Something like: Chapelon's pacifics, the speed and glory superb in their chocolate livery with yellow lining, the Chepalon North Pacific is one of the most celebrated locomotives in the history of steam engines, not only in France, but around the World.

            11 February 2018 at 18:48 #341012
            SillyOldDuffer
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              @sillyoldduffer

              I think it's the livery as in this preserved example from the Du Bousquet period:

              Image: By B.Zsolt – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20726581

              Dave

              11 February 2018 at 20:49 #341034
              Meunier
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                "Nord" in this case is the name of the railway company and would probably be quoted in English, not translated, just as "Great Western" would be quoted as such in France and not receive a French translation.
                DaveD

                p.s SoD great picture

                12 February 2018 at 07:53 #341052
                Peter Harris 3
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                  I can confirm that it is a refernce to the colour of the machine.

                  The chocolat colour is said to have been inspired by the colour of the uniforms of the Rothschild family's domestic servants. Rothschild was a major investor in the "Chemin de Fer du Nord".

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