Re: Fish & Chip(s)

["Garry R. Ford" <garry@merddyn.apana.org.au>]

David Proctor wrote:

> Garry R. Ford <garry@merddyn.apana.org.au> wrote in article
> <34A6EE41.1218F0C0@merddyn.apana.org.au>...
> >
> > 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.

I am not from Sydney so I am not affay with the working timetable. You may be
correct as too Albert as to the following train being the Chips. All I was
really establishing was (as Albert has done slightly differently) that the name
dates from the 1880's and that it came is some manner from driver John Herron.
I simply recanted the story from memory as is detailed somewhere in the NSWGR
official Centenary Publication of 1955.

Cheers

Garry