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Eric McGowan

Pete Waterman has locomotive named in his honour after opening Kilmarnock rail plant

He did 'The Locomotion' with Kylie – now music mogul and railway enthusiast Pete Waterman has a locomotive named after him thanks to a Kilmarnock firm.

Veteran record producer Pete, 75, visited the town on Monday where he was a VIP guest at the long-awaited official opening of Brodie Engineering's Caledonia Works rail plant.

And after performing the honours at the West Langands Street site, the former Pop Idol judge was thrilled to discover the company has named a small locomotive 'shunter' in his honour.

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