Abbreviations, acronyms and initialisations used in the Coffee Shop forum

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[smokey]

Sorry, Ptolemy - can't find a single serious entry for THAT (good somment though!) but I am going back and adding the following:

BoA^» (Bradford-on-Avon - next trains) Bradford-on-Avon
Coffin Nail - Single coach train
DMU^▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) Diesel Multiple Unit
DeMU Diesel Electric Multiple Unit
EMU^▸ (Electric Multiple Unit) Electric Multiple Unit
EWS^▸ (English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd, now known as DB Schenker Rail (UK^▸ (United Kingdom))) English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd
GF^▸ (Ground Frame) Ground Frame
IIRC^▸ (if I recall/remember/read correctly) If I Recall/Remember/Read Correctly
KISS^▸ (keep it simple, stupid!) Keep it Simple, Stupid!
NRCOC^▸ (National Rail Conditions of Carriage) National Rail conditions of carriage
RTM^▸ ((and RTFM) Read The Manual!) (and RTFM^▸ (Read The Flipping Manual (a more polite definition!))) Read the Manual
SB^▸ (Signal Box) Signal Box
TLA^▸ (three letter acronym) Three Letter Acronym

Some of which may have dropped out of common usage, but you'll hear oldies like me quoting them

EWS, knew it was a national freight train company but thought it meant

Engines, Wagons and Slaves.

[grahame]

I've long wanted to mention that the title of this topic is misleading, insofar as it doesn't actually tell us what THAT stands for! Tracks, Huts and Tunnels perhaps?

Theale Hungerford And Taunton.  A "THAT" train is one of the Paddington semifast services that's transferrred across from the Adelantes to SDO^▸ (Selective Door Opening) 125s since December.   I have heard sayings like "THAT train is much slower in the new timetable" and "THAT train is late again" ...

[Jim]

Perhaps Grahame, to save confusion putting some of the short things like IMO^▸ (in my opinion), in to the Word Filter and making them "real" words?

[Ollie]

Issue with putting them in word filter is it would make the assumption that is what they mean by that abbreviation.

[Jim]

Issue with putting them in word filter is it would make the assumption that is what they mean by that abbreviation.

True, but most things like "IMO^▸ (in my opinion)" and "FGW^▸ (First Great Western)" don't normally mean much else, as I belive they are case sensitive.

[TerminalJunkie]

Perhaps Grahame, to save confusion putting some of the short things like IMO^▸ (in my opinion), in to the Word Filter and making them "real" words?

FWIW^▸ (for what it's worth), I think people should supply the meanings of abbreviations and TLA^▸ (three letter acronym)s within ABBR tags. You then just hover over any duw if you dkwtm. HTH. HAND.

[Lee]

'undercover cranks'

  

According to the "Wikipedia list of UK^▸ (United Kingdom) railfan jargon", a "crank" is an "affectionate term for a fellow railway enthusiast" and "cranking" is "obtaining pleasure in a railway orientated situation" (link below.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UK_railfan_jargon

Whilst there is nothing wrong with obtaining pleasure in railway orientated situations, one must remember that this is a "family" forum.....

[grahame]

Perhaps Grahame, to save confusion putting some of the short things like IMO^▸ (in my opinion), in to the Word Filter and making them "real" words?

FWIW^▸ (for what it's worth), I think people should supply the meanings of abbreviations and TLA^▸ (three letter acronym)s within ABBR tags. You then just hover over any duw if you dkwtm. HTH. HAND.

Hmm ... the ABBR tags don't come though on my viewing / browser, and I think it would be impractical on a general board such as ours to get the a predominance of people using them. I suspect that "don't know what an abbreviation means - link to this page" would be better.  And an encouragement to people to explain abbreviations TFT (the first time) that they use them.

I'm also disinclined to allow any/many through the spell checker; flagging them up acts as a warning to posters to keep the text understandable by customers of First Great Western who perhaps haven't been around this forum for very long.

I came across one that I couldn't work out just a few minutes ago ...

TGS. Somewhere on a train where the conductor goes - equivalent of guards van?

HELP!  Anyone?

[devon_metro]

TGS = Trailer Gaurd Standard
TS = Trailer Standard
TSD = Trailer Standard Disabled
TRFB^▸ (Trailer Restaurant First Buffet (Mark 3 coach type)) = Trailer Restaurant First Buffet
TFB^▸ (Trailer First Buffet (Mark 3 coach type)) = Trailer First Buffet
TF = Trailer First

All styles of Mk3s

[grahame]

Ah - thanks!   I'll build those in at the next round!

[TerminalJunkie]

Hmm ... the ABBR tags don't come though on my viewing / browser,

Ooh, that's bad, given that both <abbr> and <acronym> are standard HTML^▸ (Hypertext Markup Language) tags now.

I think it would be impractical on a general board such as ours

Can't disagree with that, especially since some people can't spell common railway words like 'Guard' properly.

[devon_metro]

FFS^▸ (for goodness' sake (a more polite definition))

Ever heard of a typo??   

[grahame]

Updated list now at:

http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/acronyms.html

This will be a permanent URL.  Please let me know of any corrections, extras, etc - and many thanks for all contributions

[vacman]

Very useful! one slight mistake, PERTIS^▸ (Permit to travel) is a permit to travel, not permission to travel.   wait for it.............. smart ass!

[Ollie]

Might be worth putting the following:

HMRI^▸ (Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate) - Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate (Related link: http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.7770/setPaginate/No)

HSE^▸ (Health and Safety Executive) - Health and Safety Executive (Related link: http://www.hse.gov.uk)

RAIB^▸ (Rail Accident Investigation Branch) - Rail Accident Investigation Branch (Related link: http://www.raib.gov.uk/home/index.cfm)

Also note ORR^» (Office of Rail and Road formerly Office of Rail Regulation - about) is Office of Rail Regulation