Re: [NSW] The Fish [was [NSW] A few things I saw today (Thursday]

[Doug <dougea@ozemail.com.au>]

Rob McDonald wrote:
> 
> At 05:23 2/04/00 GMT, eikkert@my-deja.com wrote:
> >Can sombody confirm this but my boss told me he used to catch the fish
> >when he was a kid and it used to run all to Springwood, Sydney
> Terminal.
> >Apparently it ran on time without fail for a good part of the
> seventies.
> >
> >Can't say the same about it today, the bloody Fish always holds my
> train
> >up, even when we're late.
> 
> The Fish used to run all stations between Lithgow and Springwood and
> nonstop between Sydney Terminal and Springwood until well into the
> 1990s, when they added Parramatta, Glenbrook and Blaxland as stops.
> Can't say it ran always on time in the 1990s, although it was fairly
> reliable by today's standards. I only moved to the Blue Mountains in the
> early 1990s so can't vouch for its reliability before then. Does anyone
> know what happened to Grant, the guard who entertained passengers on the
> Fish and horrified the Blue Mountains Line Manager by referring to
> stations as "Grannyville", "Springywood", "Hazel by the Brook" etc.?
> 
> Rob McDonald
> Hazelbrook

If there was a commuter express running between Wodonga and Spencer St,
I wonder what it would be named, maybe the Murray Cod. If there was a
outer suburban commuter express running to Flinders St and Spencer St it
would probably be named the Yarra Yabbie. I believe Puffing Billy was to
be named The Puffer Fish.

Sorry, got a bit carried away there. (by train of course), sorry again.
:) :) :)

Doug.
Somewhere in NSW.