Re: Slops

[jdennis@acslink.net.au]

Where are/were the "steam" platforms?  What is an SA?


In article <3717133c.0@news.pip.com.au>,
  "std" <march@pip.com.au> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> >
>
>
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John Dennis
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