Re: Why is it called "up"?

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Chris Brownbill wrote:

> Oh god here we go again!
>
> A variation on the question though - What's the origin of the tradition of Down
> trains being given odd numbers and Up trains given Even numbers?

The old chicken and the egg.  :-)

The first train would have to leave from the capital city and travel towards a
terminus.  The second train would be the return run.  Hence, number 1 would be the
down run, number 2 would be the up run, and so on.



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