Re: Slops

["std" <march@pip.com.au>]

When I worked on the "steam" platforms in the late 70's as an SA under the
SM, Edgar "Twiggy" Bramble,  we called The Spirit of Progress , "The Slops"
simply because it was the "overflow" from the Aurora.
The Inter-Capital Daylight was  always the "Daylight" or sometimes the
"Snail-light" if it was running late.

Marc Hunt


John Wayman <trecker@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:eveK2.40745$Hn5.23156@newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> I thought the "Daylight" was known as the "Day late"?
>
> Cheers
> John Wayman
>
> Krel wrote in message <36f6e98f.9696129@news.netconnect.com.au>...
> >On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 05:48:03 GMT, jdennis@acslink.net.au (John Dennis)
> >wrote:
> >
> >>Reading this month's ARHS (not the NSW) Bulletin I came across a
> >>reference to the Spirit of Progress being known to railfans as "the
> >>slops" - the leftovers from the Southern Aurora.  Now, I believe I
> >>have been a railfan for this last 35 years or so, and have never heard
> >>this before.  Was it in common use?  Maybe a "north-of-the-border"
> >>thing?
> >>
> >North of the border (just) the trains were  called the "Spirit" and
> >the "Aurora" (or the "Roarer"); collectively they were known as the
> >"Cats" (sleek and shiny and come out at night).
> >The question to Junee control about whether the Spirit of Progress and
> >Southern Aurora were on time or not became "How's the Cats?".
> >The Intercapital Daylight  was always called the "Daylight" and the
> >Riverina Express was called the "Riverina". AIUI south of the border
> >the Daylight was called by some the "ICD".
> >
> >When the Cats were combined they were the Melbourne Express and the
> >Sydney Express, commonly called the Mex and the Sex.
> >
> >Nowadays they are called the XPT. No-one, it seems, uses the "Olympic
> >Dream" or "Olympic Nightmare" or whatever the official names are ;-).
> >
> >
> >Cheers
> >
> >Krel
> >
> >Just another eccentric crank.
>
>