Spaceship323
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Travelling on a loco hauled train was known as a pull (by the locomotive), as in "I got a 50 pull from new street".
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Which would still work for "Push" if you had a 47/7!Yeah, when I first starting spotting, I used to put a P in my book next to locos that pulled my trains.
Agreed, P was for photo!For me it was
H - Haulage
C - Cabbed
CR - Cab Ride
ER - Engine Room
Which would still work for "Push" if you had a 47/7!
I don't think it ever really caught on that much, but I remember myself and a few others referring to Class 313/315s as Portacabins.
Don't think I've ever heard of 314s being labelled with that name. Can certainly see the resemblance though lolI don't think it ever really caught on that much, but I remember myself and a few others referring to Class 313/315s as Portacabins.
My own system is to use:I use H for haulage (locomotives) or R (ridden on) for multiple units. Sight is simply a tick in the book.
"Cabbage" is a good one to put in (C), can't remember if I've actually noted cabbage in the book though!
Class 321s = "dusty bins", from the booby prize in the gameshow 3-2-1
-ex is a common suffix that enthusiasts use. "Wedgex" would be a busy train, "Vegex" would be a railtour full of enthusiasts, "Footex" a train full of football fans
When JP II visited the UK we also had Popexes.So that is where that nickname came from. I had heard it or read of it, but not having a TV had no idea of the origin.
There was also “Yobex”, which was effectively the same as a “Footex”.
Think we've already had those in another thread, along with: Skateboard, Doodlebug, Runaway Carriage, etc.I've heard Class 153s referred to as Dogbox or Tin Rocket.
I've heard Class 153s referred to as Dogbox or Tin Rocket.
When JP II visited the UK we also had Popexes.
A railtour is a Nedex.
Unless it is steam hauled, then it is a Kettlex.
A wine and dine service is a Poshex.
Many diesel galas run an evening Beerex.
This approach would also be used for services that were regularly used by certain individuals. So if Dave always caught the 17:10, that would become known as the Davex.
Slightly different, the Barnsley - Scarborough was known as "The Cloth Caps".
Thought a 'Grippenfuhrer' would be a 'Goldie'A particularly 'efficient' ticket inspector (and the holders of privs were, if anything, treated more rudely than others by some of their number) would be called a 'Grippenfuhrer' (mentioned it once, think I got away with it...)
Okay, that's pricelessA particularly 'efficient' ticket inspector (and the holders of privs were, if anything, treated more rudely than others by some of their number) would be called a 'Grippenfuhrer' (mentioned it once, think I got away with it...)
Would that mean that a regional chief ticket inspector could be referred to as an 'Obergrippenfuehrer?'Possibly mentioned already, enthusiasts' trains were called 'crankex' on some parts of the railway - but yours are more innovative and amusing!
A particularly 'efficient' ticket inspector (and the holders of privs were, if anything, treated more rudely than others by some of their number) would be called a 'Grippenfuhrer' (mentioned it once, think I got away with it...)
Yes that is my recollection too. New Engine Desperado EXcursionA railtour is a Nedex.
I read that as Ned-Ex - Non-educated delinquent Excursion!Yes that is my recollection too. New Engine Desperado EXcursion
And if the required class does not turn up you are "bowled".
When JP II visited the UK we also had Popexes.
A railtour is a Nedex.
Unless it is steam hauled, then it is a Kettlex.
A wine and dine service is a Poshex.
Many diesel galas run an evening Beerex.
This approach would also be used for services that were regularly used by certain individuals. So if Dave always caught the 17:10, that would become known as the Davex.
Slightly different, the Barnsley - Scarborough was known as "The Cloth Caps".
There are still some 'Mystex's' going.I remember those - ran in the 70s and 1980s. I got one once from Preston - it went to Leicester. Not particularly inspiring. Class 85 to Nuneaton was good though.
Ah yes - crank with a loud voice standing on the platform: "Is this the Mystex to Blackpool?"And also Mystex - mystery tours for normals but less mysterious if you had the ge
I see the Wikipedia entry has been updated to remove references to ‘Empress’ or ‘Tat’:I've just quickly scanned through my copy and can find no reference to class 40s as "Empresses": 40s are referred to as "Whistlers" or "Tat" in the text, which is corroborated by the glossary of railway nicknames at the back of the book. Mine is the revised 2015 edition though, the original text may have been different.