Re: Fish & Chip(s)

["David Proctor" <daproc@bigfoot.com>]

Garry R. Ford <garry@merddyn.apana.org.au> wrote in article
<34A6EE41.1218F0C0@merddyn.apana.org.au>...
> tezza wrote:
> 
> > Can anyone tell me the origin of the name of the old Fish & Chip(s)
service.
> > There was a lot of discussion in the Telegraph a few years ago but I
don't
> > know what the outcome was and someone brought it up the other day.
> 
> The official version (as reported in 1955) is that the driver of the
first train
> that later became "The Fish" was a Mr John Heron. He was called,
derogatorily by
> fellow employees,  the "Big Fish". He regularly worked the up workers'
train to
> Sydney so it was eventually called  "The Fish".
> 
> It  was from around 1880 that the train for workers from Mt Victoria east
to
> Sydney became known as "The Fish".  It was only a matter of time before
the
> return trip for workers was called "The Chips".

Is this correct? My source says that both Up and Down workings have always
been known as "The Fish" - when a second commuter train was added, it then
became known as "The Chips" - in both Up and Down directions.

> 
> Forget other stories that have evolved over the years, especially ones
relating
> to electric stock. This one is well documented by official records and
has
> always been the only accepted true story both officially and
unofficially.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Garry
> 
>