"Graham Smith" <dysonsmith@idx.com.au> wrote in message 3adec993@news1.idx.com.au">news:3adec993@news1.idx.com.au... > The original driver for the train known as The Fish was a man named Heron, > so in the Cockney - cum - Australian style of nicknaming his train became > known as The Fish. Why? A "heron" is a bird, not a fish. Dave