The media (and public) have the same problem with preserved steam engines. They insist on pre-fixing the loco's name (if it carries one) with 'THE' eg 'The' Tornado, THE Flying Scotsman etc. The loco that I am involved with is named 'Braunton', after the village in Devon, following the naming theme applied to most of the class of west country locations to which the Southern Railway ran when the locos were newly outshopped in the 1940s.
I constantly hear the phrase 'Is THE Braunton running today?' etc etc.
The same terminology applies as far as 'in' or 'on' goes. You are 'on' the loco, even though you are 'in' the cab.