Re: [NSW] RUB carriage Set Arrangements & Info

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"geoff taylor" <jafflez@zipworld.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Jonathan Lau wrote:
> >
> >> What did the "O" code in OFS/OBS stand for?
> >>
> >> What was the difference between an RS and ABS coding on the Buffet car?
>
> The O is really easy to remember!!  It stands for "Ostess"!!!!!! :-) These
> cars had a compartment set aside for the catering girls .... oops
> hostesses!!

Actually, that was the way it was explained to me a few years back. They
actually had two compartments, one for the conductor and hostess, the other
for the buffet crew.

Dave