Rail enthusiast lingo

[GRALISTAIR]

Not heard that before and is it "Plug duff" (???) or "Plum duff" (like the pudding) or just plain "Duff" (better known but slightly disparaging nickname for Class 47 locos)?

Plug as in electrical plug so ETH

 

[xotGD]

A service booked for a 'Vomit Comet' could be described as a Pukex.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

I always understood "Vomit Comet" (on the railway to least) to mean any late night service that carried drunks home from the more popular nightspots, rather than any particular class of unit.

 

[75A]

I always understood "Vomit Comet" (on the railway to least) to mean any late night service that carried drunks home from the more popular nightspots, rather than any particular class of unit.

In the 80's the all night Victoria to Brighton trains were very well known for the content on the floor on arrival in Brighton

 

[D6130]

In the 80's the all night Victoria to Brighton trains were very well known for the content on the floor on arrival in Brighton

Tell me about it....I often had to wade through it on arrival in Brighton. I had great sympathy for the poor cleaners!

 

[75A]

Tell me about it....I often had to wade through it on arrival in Brighton. I had great sympathy for the poor cleaners!

Me to

 

[StephenHunter]

There was plenty of it on here (and still is occasionally) e.g. DafT, Thamestink, - how peurile.

I'm on a Discord that automatically adds the poo emoji to any message with the word "Thameslink" in.

 

[cadder toad]

Great Way Round was mentioned above... Ellofamess is another. I like 'Plug Duff'!. Some people used to refer to a William' but they're not about so much now

 

[Ashley Hill]

The Vomit Comet 153s I referred to were called as such because of the insipid orange livery they carried.
I expect Shove Duff (47/7s) and Bagpipes (33/1s) have already been mentioned.

 

[75A]

33/2's were known as Slim Jim's & 09's were always known as 350's on the Southern.

 

[Pigeon]

My Lords! This thread is dreadful!

I thought that the 'Spoon' nickname for 47s came from the shape of their power handle? I always preferred 'Joseph' as a nickname for them. Now who else knows the origin of that?

Never heard that one myself. The immortal Mr Deacon? But surely if so it would have been better applied to the Class 31?

Re "Empress" for Class 40s - someone should have given the name "Empress of Ireland" to D322.

I have a fond memory of seeing some graffiti in the bog of a Mk1 - "50030 PLYMOUTH-EDINBURGH SHEER HELL" altered by some subsequent writer to "...SHEER RANCIDITY". It amused me to imagine the puzzlement of Bert and Ada failing to understand that the two writers were expressing opposite opinions.