Plarail DD51 Round-up

... popular locomotive...

I was interested to read that the DD51 was just as unpopular among train enthusiasts in Japan as diesels were in the UK when I were a lad, and for the same reasons. Among the derogatory names used were 'Red Pig', 'Paperweight', and 'No-good Degoichi' (I haven't found a satisfactory translation of Degoichi yet, but it was a nick-name for the D51 steam locomotive).

Degoichi = D51

D => De
5 => Go => This is the pronunciation for the number 5
1 => Ichi => This is the pronunciation for the number 1


So... an English equivalent for the nickname could be... Dee-five-one 

-plarnold