Virgin on the ridiculous I heard a few times from traincrew over the years
The general Rail -> Fail transition means most train companies will have the obvious nickname.
Not quite in the spirit of the thread, but weren't they also God's Wonderful Railway?Years ago in a model railway club I heard someone say the (old pre-nationalisation) GWR = Greasy, Wet and Rusty
I've heard it also as Gone With Regret and Great Way RoundNot quite in the spirit of the thread, but weren't they also God's Wonderful Railway?
The old LNER was known as the Late Never Early Railway
Heard it referred to many times as Great waste of rails !I've heard it also as Gone With Regret and Great Way Round
I suppose the best way to say it would be F-O-C, and for Train Operating Company just Tock. Rather unfortunate though haha!The abbreviation for Freight Operating Company when you say it out loud is rather unfortunate..
It used to be Belated Arrivals. There was also Air Chance and the Belgian one which was an acronym: Such A Beastly Experience Never Again.An aviation one
British Airways - Bloody Awful
Sometimes known as Serene and DelightfulThe Somerset and Dorset was either the Slow and Dirty or the Swift and Delightful, depending on your point of view.
The (long haul) BOAC crews used to say that the other (short haul) state corporation, BEA, stood for Back Every Afternoon.Slightly off topic, but it reminds me of B.O.A.C. (British Overseas Airways Corporation), a predecessor of today's British Airways, which was known as Better On A Camel