Daily Archives: August 20, 2023

Sunday Variety

Polyglot Word for Loriot Wagon? The old GWR had some weird names for its wagons. They weren’t named for fun or to entertain railway enthusiasts (?); they were named to allow telegraph messages to be transmitted in an unambiguous way. So instead if specifying a low sided wagon to carry ballast to a track relaying site, the consist could include…

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