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Re: Slops

jdennis@acslink.net.au wrote:

> Ahh, I guess then we are talking about Sydney - sounds like Central to me.
> Which brings me around a neat circle - was the Spirit only called the slops in
> NSW?
>

It was referred to by that name by some people but the general railwayman's name
for it was "The Spirit". Don't forget it ran in Victoria for many more years than
in NSW and a derogatory name like that would not have been tolerated in Mr.
Clapp's days.

David Langley.