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Line Nicknames

Thread starter Whistler40145
Start date 24 Sep 2012

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4 Oct 2012

#91

Smudger105e

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Welshman said:
Do railwaypeople still call the opposite line the "Bang" line?

I remember when a train was diverted from the up to the down[or vv] due to an incident, etc, the crew said they were travelling "bang" line between A & B.

Perhaps use of such a term is not encouraged nowadays.

If a loco or train arrives at Toton TMD on the departure road, it is spoken about between Depot Staff and the Bobby as 'Bang Road'.

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5 Oct 2012

#92

RPM

Established Member

Eagle said:
I've also seen it used to the route to Birmingham via Didcot (or Birkenhead via Didcot, Birmingham, Shrewsbury and Chester).

"Great Way Round" is surely a nickname that was applied to the GWR as a whole rather than to a specific route?

5 Oct 2012

#93

krus_aragon

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Deerfold said:
Do you mean they're anagrams of one another (a palindrome is a word or more that reads the same backwards as forwards).

Eek, I do mean anagrams. Thank you. (Bashes the apparent amdness out of his head)

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