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G'day BW,
Squizzed a docco on late niter tv about Paddington (?) station.
Hope I spelt that correctly.
GWR territory from the logo on the safety vests.
Some points switch blade fracture created platform chaos.
Plus, some newbie emu (class 379 or something nearby) computer went belly up.
So, it became a failure until some boffin bashed the computer back into action.
Computers on trains, PHOOEY !
So, I guess some BR discord experienced.
But, was it CAPED ?
AMEX is one of the plethora of four character telegraph codes utilized back in the glory days.
AMEX telegram being dispatched to announce a service or train cancellation.
AMBA is the code for the Train Register Book.
ABUZ announces the time that a special goods train will depart at.
ACME announces the time that a Light Engine will depart at from a station.
The list goes on and on.
ZONA is the telegram issued by a train crew to train control requesting relief.
The Zona clerk will then accomplish this task if possible.
WAXY requires the relevant matter to be given special attention.
CUTA tells a train crew to attach or detach loading en route at a location.
ROVA is a circulating notice detailing certain specifics.
ROVA MECH was the circular issued by Mech branch to alter some operational facet of a locomotive in contradiction to the details listed for it in the working time table.
ROVA SAFE was the circular issued to permit a train, wagon or locomotive to operate outside of the normal restrictions; an out of gauge load per example.
GENL is the standard circular issued system wide (general circular).
But the best is SYCO.
The code for Sydney Control.
Hitchcock could not have appended a more apt moniker.
I only remember a few of these codes, as train crew did not need to know many of them.
Semaphore signals, signal box bell codes, and tele codes, TRAD railway flavour.
BUNG was not an official code, and was a slang term for a "please explain", You're In Trouble corro issued by management.
Yes, I did cop the occasional BUNG in me pigeon hole in the sign on room.
Steve.
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