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Basher SpeakBasher Speak Word Explanation Ada/Ethel Old female passenger/rail worker.......... ADEX Advertised Day Excursion Albert Gastank Old mail person. Baglet Nice looking female. Bail To leave train (eps. railtour) before end of run Beano Rail Magazine Bash Trip, journey. Beast Good loco Beer Move Visit to pub Bellow To make lots of noise and perform arm waving gestures. Bert Male passenger/rail worker Bible All line timetable Big Same as large Blow up / Burst (1) To fail (esp. but not excl. mechanically); to let one down. (2) For tickets, when they go out of date (usually Rovers) Bog the guard Hide in toilet Bog unit DMU Boilered Loco with steam heating boiler Bowl (out) (1) To disappoint. (2) When a move falls apart due to crap loco/missed plus or minus Cane I cained in some good mileage behind 40082. Caning Cowboy A ned who spent his life just scoring engine numbers for little mileage Can EMU CAN'd Cancelled. CAPE'd Cancelled en-route. Cattle General public CICERO A special train will run as under, advise all concerned and note Clag (1) Thick smoke. (2) Exhaust Cleat (1) To have all locos of a class for haulage. (2) To have 1000 miles haulage behing a particular loco Cling-ons The kind of basher who's not sure of the best moves so follows a "main man" about. Coffin Air Conditioned stock (also AIRCONS) Compo Compartment Connection UK term for US "transfer" Crankex Excursion train for rail enthusiasts ("cranks") CRANKEX Unadvertised Party Desciple One of the many kids that used to follow Jed around during the school holidays as he new all the best moves (allegedly) Desperate gripper Guard/Ticket collector who is mad on tickets/does them all the time. Diagram Locos expected workings for the day Diagrammed For The loco class allocated and expected on a train Diseased Better than dreadful DMU Diesel Multiple Unit (self-propelled railcar) Doss Sleep Drag Diesel haulage of electric loco and train over non-electrified lines Dreadful Excellent Drivers Driving wheels (the big ones in the middle :-)) Dropped Same as produced i.e. "the relief dropped a Tractor" Dud Gen Wrong information Dud Gen Floaters Wrong information Effing it Travelling without paying EH Loco fitted with Electric Train Heat, i.e. an EH duff Farce C*ckup by BR / Railtrack / whoever Fester As in "I festered for 7 hours at Temple Meads". Fill-in move Productive way of using otherwise dead time Fill-in turn Same as fill-in move (above). Finish(ed) As above, or to wind up fellow enthusiast Fix When someone pulled strings to get a particular loco on a train Flail Like bellowing, only describing the arm movements Flap To lose control in a crisis. Usually when a move breaks down. Fodder Foodstuff Fossil Old person Frog / Frog shit Used ticket...re-used illegally Frog bin Ticket bins, raided for Frog Fudge Forged ticket, esp All-line rovers Fudged Fabricated mileage claims Fudger Person who lied about loco's they have had for haulage FURNO Until Further Notice Gen Information Gen Sheet TOPS Enquiry/printout G-man Guard, who "Grips" your tickets, i.e. punches holes in them. Gricer Rail enthusiast Gripped Hole punched in ticket Gripper Guard or other ticket collector doing ticket check Haulage To be hauled by a loco Hellfire Very excellent Hossed Caught by Guard or BTP Insect Someone who has had less than you :-)/ Species seen at BNSt at 0600 on summer saturday morning. Also means Trainspotter Jed Tall guy with long hair and beard, who wears a large overcoat no matter what the weather. Based at New Street but known nationally. Favourite saying "What was on the Brighton" Juicebox Electric Multiple Unit Kettle Steam locomotive Large Very good loco? (as in "rather large beast") Leap See Bail Livery Colour scheme Main Man Experienced Basher Many bonuses That's good news Men Who Know Superhuman gricers who live in IC225 sets and worship Move One leg of a journey Moves book Book for recording one's moves. NB No (train heating) Boiler. NB is also used when referring to ETH locos with the ETH defunct (ie 33046 is NB). ND Not Desperate (of guards) Ned See insect Neds news Rail magazine. New line ned Basher only interested in maximum "scores", not mileages NG Non Gripped - tickets werent collected. Norm(al)s Non enthusiast / General public NV Not Valid i.e. without a ticket Main Man Experienced Basher Minus x A negative connection, as in "I made a minus 8 at New Street for the Poole" Obscene Very novel working Outrageous Novel working. Overdoss Miss connection/station because you were asleep Overnight (1) Sleep on train (2) Set of moves done overnight (not necessarily sleeping) Pair Two locomotives hauling a train together PARSPEC Unadvertised Party Peg Semaphore signal Photpoint Photogenic aspect or location Piece A ticket with some validity somewhere Pilot The leading locomotive of a pair PINED A reactionary cancellation (unlike Cape which is a planned cancellation) Plastic Inferior or (of people) insincere; not the real thing. Plus x Connection time for next move, as in "Theres a plus 20 off 1D55 for the Skeg-Derbys" Prison Stock Coach with drop down windows barred over to prevent bellowing. Produced Loco turns up on a train as in "a rat produced on the Wolves-Harwich today" Rake I raked in the milelage on me all liner Rate To like; to consider attractive; - rateable(adj) Reject To decline to travel on Require To need (esp. as in track-bashing or loco-bashing) Right Away The signal for departure (flag, whistle or what have you) Riot An extremely unusual occurence Riot Coach Front coach of a railtour full of drunken bashers Road Route signalled for train Roadshow Group of highly desparate bashers. SAGA Send All Grannies Away Sarchphogus Air conditioned vehicle with noopening windows at all. Scenario Current situation Score Same as scratch Scratch To fill in line in book/score loco Scratch'N'Flash West Midlands Daytripper travelcard Seminar Photo of bashers in front of loco (usually on a crankex) Sheep The kind of basher who's not sure of the best moves so follows a "main man" about. Sheeping The activity of a clingon Shire's lynx DMU, especially plastic one SILK Silk Arrangement (allowing a person without funds to obtain ticket when payment is made by a third party at another station). Sight As in required for sight, a basher term for "spot" Sparky Electric loco Spin Going for a train on the offchance you might require it Stagger To move slowly. Stock Carriages Storm To move rapidly. TC Ned Basher (I use the term loosely) who did all his bashing in the West Midlands Travelcard area (Coventry-Nec-New St-Wolves) The Orange Walk Railtrack workers, wearing hi-vis vests, walking about the line Thrash A very good trip To Flag To wave away (ie pass up on, allow to depart without you on it). To the Head As in "Showed an East Mid, to the HEAD." Top man Person with most mileage Train engine The second locomotive of a pair Tram InterCity 125 unit Turn Same as diagram UFN Until Further Notice Vac Mark 1 coach with vac brakes Video vermin The manifestation of camcorders (not a basher word) View Watch the arrival/departure/passage of Wagon Disliked engine Wedged A very full train. Wither(ed) Miss something good Wind Winding motion of arm to indicate dislike of engine YOBBEX Football excursion Back to the Menu |
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