Train named after singer Strummer
Joe Strummer's wife Lucinda unveiled the train dedicated to him
A railway locomotive has been named after The Clash frontman Joe Strummer at a ceremony in Bristol.
The Class 47 Diesel, which is owned by Cotswold Rail, is being named after the singer who died aged 50 in 2002.
Naming trains after famous people has been a railway tradition for more than 200 years.
Locomotive Joe Strummer was previously owned by Virgin Trains, and will work in East Anglia after the naming at Bristol Temple Meads station.
Strummer, born John Graham Mellor, lived in Bridgwater, Somerset.
In his later years he had been working with his post-Clash band The Mescaleros. His final album, Streetcore, was posthumously released in 2003.
The train, and plaque showing Strummer's name, were unveiled at Bristol Temple Meads station by his wife, Lucinda
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