nicknames and sayings

[Respite]

Toffee Apple - Early style class 31?
Theatre Box - Route indicator
Stencil - As in a calling on signal would have a "C" in an illuminated box.
Screw it down - Apply the handbrakes, derived from brakevans & steam loco's were applying the handbrake involved screwing down a handbrake wheel.

 

[O L Leigh]

Toffee Apple - Early style class 31?

You're halfway there. How would you differentiate between an early and a late Ped?

O L Leigh

 

[P156KWJ]

pots: class 03?

 

[Respite]

You're halfway there. How would you differentiate between an early and a late Ped?

O L Leigh

Hmmm headcode discs & no HC box on roof & less power in the early engines.

 

[O L Leigh]

GhostCav: Correct...!!!
156401: Not correct.

O L Leigh

 

[mbonwick]

Pots...cylinders?

 

[33056]

Dod:

Ground / shunting signal.

Pots:

What the third rail sits on.

 

[O L Leigh]

Yup.

O L Leigh

 

[Phoenix]

Caterpillar:A class 323 emu in central trains livery????

 

[FusionRail]

Caterpillar:A class 323 emu in central trains livery????

It was Centro livery

And, the Toffee Apple referred to the style of the power handle, looking like a toffee apple.

Heres a few to guess:

Bendydildo -
V1 Flying Bomb -
Coffin -
Duck -
Fred -
Dred -
Teddy Bears -
Duck Tape Advertisement -
Bombs (great for stating theres bombs on the train in front of a large crowd of passengers) -
Ded -
Celtic -
Dolly Mixture -



And some better abbreviations:
TTI should be renamed Traveling Inspector of Tickets (better abbreviation)
TPO stands for Tug and Pull Out (recent mishap with some apparatus)
NVR = Not Very Reliable
AWS Automatic guess the rest!

 

[Phoenix]

Bendydildo - class 390
V1 Flying Bomb -
Coffin -
Duck -
Fred - frieghtliner 66
Dred - DRS 66
Teddy Bears - class 14
Duck Tape Advertisement -
Bombs (great for stating theres bombs on the train in front of a large crowd of passengers) -
Ded -
Celtic - One of the scotland allocated deltics
Dolly Mixture -

 

[P156KWJ]

V1 flying bomb- Class 17? Class 20?

 

[hairyhandedfool]

I've heard the phrase 'caterpillar' refer to a Connex 319/0

 

[33056]

Coffin -

Air con coach

Bombs (great for stating theres bombs on the train in front of a large crowd of passengers) -

Class 20

 

[metrocammel]

You're halfway there. How would you differentiate between an early and a late Ped?

O L Leigh

The 'Toffee Apples' are SKINHEADS. (as previously posted, their power handles looked like Toffee Apples :P)

 

[mbonwick]

Bombs - class 20s on nuke trains?

 

[Julian G]

Fastline 66/3s- Fleds/Sleds/Jeds
*Fleds- Fastline
*Sleds- Opposite of Fastline
*Jeds- Jarvis...
Class 378s- Wombles

 

[P156KWJ]

how quickly people come up with stuff

 

[Julian G]

how quickly people come up with stuff

lol, the 378 bit is true [refer to the Wombles song "London Overground"]

 

[P156KWJ]

why is the nickname for a class 59 mashed potato? Is Hanson or MendipRail or Yeoman a make of potato?

 

[ungreat]

Tits..its a loco class

banner

dolly,dodger,dod or sub

Theatre box

Co actor

Engine only

Boil in the bag

Back 'un

DOO

Initial

Full service

Jocko

Some of these are obvious..some not so

 

[O L Leigh]

Am still waiting for guesses on Queers, Cars, Live Cargo and Caterpillar.

O L Leigh

 

[Meld]

Cars - number of carriages/vehicles in formation

156401 - Yeoman was a make of dried mashed potato.

 

[hairyhandedfool]

Tits..its a loco class - no idea

banner - Banner Repeater

dolly,dodger,dod or sub - Ground/Associated Position Light Signal

Theatre box - Route Indicator

Co actor - Co Acting Signal

Engine only - no idea

Boil in the bag - I know what this is I just can't remember right now

Back 'un - Rear Cab?

DOO - Driver Only Operation

Initial - Power Notch 1?

Full service - Brake Step 3?

Jocko - Shunter

Queers - Brighton Drivers????? only joking (unless its right!)

Cars - no idea

Live Cargo - no idea

Caterpillar - no idea

 

[O L Leigh]

Meld: That's one meaning, but not the one I was after. To give some context, you might be asked to work a passenger train "cars".

HHFool: Nope. It's a class of loco.

Boil in the Bag: I'm one.

O L Leigh

 

[ungreat]

Tits..its a loco class - no ideaClass 20's..they were always in pairs!

banner - Banner Repeater

dolly,dodger,dod or sub - Ground/Associated Position Light Signal

Theatre box - Route Indicator

Co actor - Co Acting Signal

Engine only - no ideaThe neutral position for a diesel loco's reverser

Boil in the bag - I know what this is I just can't remember right now

Back 'un - Rear Cab?Distant signal of signal box in advance

DOO - Driver Only Operation

Initial - Power Notch 1?Nope..brake position 1 on a loco's train brake

Full service - Brake Step 3?

Jocko - Shunter

Queers - Brighton Drivers????? only joking (unless its right!)

Cars - no idea Empty stock working

Live Cargo - no idea

Caterpillar - no idea

 

[Mintona]

Boil in the bag - Grumpy old git?

 

[33056]

Boil in the bag - Grumpy old git?

Boil in the bag = new driver - specifically one appointed since the 1988 "Traincrew concept" (think that was what it was called!)

 

[P156KWJ]

Cars - number of carriages/vehicles in formation

156401 - Yeoman was a make of dried mashed potato.

aah thanks, hoping it wasn't Hanson using their cement as a dried potato substitiute

 

[O L Leigh]

Ungreat: Correct with "Cars".

O L Leigh