Re: Aussie railway slang

["Graeme" <grimegrime@hotmailnospam.com>]

"Mark Bau" <markbau@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Amex, Bona, Agne et al are not slang at all, they were code words used in
> official telegraphic transmissions.
> >
> > Cheers
> > David
Clarifacation
Zoly was a telegraph code too:Arange to relieve Driver and Fireman ,but was
used in paper form[Vic] to act as an official pass to travel to relieve the
crew.The paper version might have had an official name ,but was always
referred to by crews as a Zoly
Likewise
Bona: Locomotive with brake-van for Guards accommodation,left here at
..................for...............
was used in a slang fashion rather than saying :We run loco and van to
Seymour,Bona was substituted  for loco and van.
Never heard any one say :We run Acme to Seymour though.