43070 The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers leads the 1A18 13:00 Bristol Temple Meads to Paddington First Great Western service past Bourton on 2 July 2014. 43070 was named at Paddington station on 16 October 2007 by the Duke if Edinburgh. The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) is a Second World War merger of various Army maintenance units, including the Royal Engineers, and the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.