From Pulp Friction to Ctrl Alt De-leaf – How to vote for Network Rail’s new leaf-busting train names
All aboard ‘Ctrl Alt De-leaf’! Well, maybe.
This is one of four possible names for Network Rail’s leaf-busting trains, which trundle along the tracks to get rid of delay-causing leaf mulch.
The national rail operator has put it up to the public to decide on the name for these trains, announcing the final shortlist yesterday.
People can vote for Ctrl Alt De-leaf, Leaf-Fall Weapon, Pulp Friction or The Autumn Avenger.
Voting closes next Friday and is just a simple tickbox.
Sadly, not all of the 1,300 submitted names made the cut, including: ‘Britney Clears’, ‘Buster Grimes’, ‘Don’t Stop De-Leafing’, and ‘Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Anti-Leaf Machiney’.
‘Who needs Leafy McLeafFace when we have this shortlist of terrific – and really quite fitting – names to bestow upon one of these legendary leaf-busting behemoths,’ said railway author Tim Dunn.
‘I knew Britain wouldn’t let us down: entries ranged from the witty, clever and even touching – through to utterly shameless Dad-grade puns.’
