spark001uk
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Slang for knackered maybe?I'm intrigued by this one:
Where does NAKA come from?
Slang for knackered maybe?I'm intrigued by this one:
Where does NAKA come from?
Where does NAKA come from?
You have a point, although I'm slightly concerned that one signaller could possibly be confused by another!
None of them.How many of these messages are official
None of them.
Logically that's probably West Midlands Trains.WMT - Unknown, with NOGO at Wolverhampton P6
How many of these messages are official or are they local jargon ?
They are all jargon as the only official use of train describer is to describe trains, the test is just aids that signallers use as local reminders.
How many of these messages are official or are they local jargon ?
That is not a bad idea.I've also seen -EO- for electricity off.
Actually maybe we could start an alphabetical "glossary" for these terms and add their alternatives as we come across them?
See post 164That is not a bad idea.
I've also seen -EO- for electricity off.
Actually maybe we could start an alphabetical "glossary" for these terms and add their alternatives as we come across them?
There are a few silly ones if you look through this thread!but people would make up silly ones
Freight At Rail Terminal ...
You have a point, although I'm slightly concerned that one signaller could possibly be confused by another!
FAIL - Failed train (just saw in Edinburgh, next to 1EMU)
Lots of "-LB-" all over the Waterloo and adjoining maps through Clapham to both Barnes and Surbiton at the moment (02:05). Any idea on that? Some of the berths closer to Waterloo have "-T3-" on them which I know to be an engineering possession, so I guess the many LB entries are related to the relatively small area of T3.
Could be "Local Block" or "Line Block" ?
They also currently have the times of the first morning departures in the Waterloo platform berths, which is quite common to see overnight there, not just when it's all going wrong.
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MOLE - Unknown usage, currently in Bletchley C.S.
Many of which, such as NAKA, had already been posted and explained months ago when this thread first got going.Knackered.
Its worth pointing out again if people are compiling a list that these really are mostly electronic post it notes for each signaller and will vary depending on the man or woman manning the panel. So there will probably be hundreds if not thousands of variations of these.
Ixxx also often seen for three-digit item numbers.ITxx Item number for engineering works from weekly operating notice eg IT23
A train description (particularly freight)without the first number usually means no loco attached...eg -L23
I have before seen 2444 and 3450 used to overcome this, denoting the number of units rather than cars.Quite often you’ll get 4377, 4450, 5444, 8450 3158 and so on so the signaller knows if there’s any unallocated stock and it’s length.. doesn’t work if it’s 10x444 or 12x450!