The Press appealed for readers to send suggestions in after rail operator East Coast decided to revive the tradition of naming locomotives on the Edinburgh to London route.
Latest suggestions for names, which must have a particular relevance to York, have included Ebor Rose, HRH Duke of York, The Duchess, Saint Margaret Clitherow and the York Flyer.
Strange. No one appears to have suggested 'Rail Barbie' or even 'Barbie Rail'.
Happily there is still time...
UPDATE: This from Captain Deltic...
Surely if a locomotive is to be named it is time to revise the East Coast policy of honouring its locomotive engineers.
With an IC125 power car now named after T.C.B. Miller, the Chief Engineer (responsible for the 125 mile/h high speed train which saved InterCity) the naming of a Class 91 locomotive after its designer John Dowling is long overdue.
The Class 91, which met an extreme specification from hauling tilting trains at 140mph to 500 tonne sleepers over Shap and Beattock, was John Dowling's final design and his masterwork.
Si monumentum requiris, circumspice
UPDATE: This from Yorkshire Lad...
I wonder if this lookalike might help Captain Deltic's case?
As well as a Rail Barbie it also features a Garrett!
Do I win £5?