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| TLAs - i.e. three letter acronyms 26/03/2013 at 13:26 #42730 | |
MikeW
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Can some kind soul help my tottering memory and remind me what COY stands for in timetable train descriptions? (I had my work cut out with EWD - thought DB Schenker had renamed to England Wales Deutschland in one mad moment - and the recent discussion on MGR cleared up the merry-go-rounds for me). But COY still eludes me. Grateful for enlightenment. Mike Last edited: 26/03/2013 at 13:28 by MikeW Reason: Egregious typo Log in to reply |
| TLAs - i.e. three letter acronyms 26/03/2013 at 13:32 #42731 | |
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GoochyB
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I think COY is just an abbreviation (for Company, as in a train carrying a single company's product), rather than a TLA . But just to confuse matters it is usually shown in capitals! Log in to reply |
| TLAs - i.e. three letter acronyms 26/03/2013 at 14:22 #42734 | |
jc92
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it is indeed a company train, like blue Circles PCA workings off hope for instance, which are run specially for a single company using its own stock (I think FHH might actually own them in this case?).
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| TLAs - i.e. three letter acronyms 26/03/2013 at 18:48 #42745 | |
58050
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2 or 3 letter abbreviations are commonplace in Working Timetables & other official railway publications & in some cases you can tell the rough date the train(s) were running due to the abbreviations used. I'll put up a short list below to try & show you what you may see:- MGR - Merry Go Round EWD - Every Week Day WTT - Working Timetable FLT - Freightliner or Freightliner Terminal COY - Company Owned Train LD - Light Diesel LE - Light Electric EMU - Electric Multiple Unit DMU - Diesel Multiple Unit ECS - Empty Coaching Stock NPCCS - Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock(usually parcel, postal or newspaper vans) Dept'l - Departmental train(engineers or infastructure traffic) ABS - Air Braked Service(used in the 1970s & early 1980s) SLK - Speedlink train(used from the mid 1980s until the Speedlink network finished. This term replaced 'ABS') BV - Brake Van DB - Dual Braked Pcls - Parcels SLEP - Sleeper Service HST - High Speed Train APT - Advanced Passenger Train TMD - Traction Maintenance Depot SD - Servicing Depot LIP - Locomotive Inspection Point CS - Carriage Sdgs HS - Holding Sdgs (for locos) EDMU - Empty Diesel Multiple Unit LDS - Light Diesel Shunt loco (mid to late 1970s) There are other 2 or 3 letter abbreviations for running lines as well. Usually a list of abbreviations can be found on one of the first pages in the WTT. Hope this helps. Last edited: 26/03/2013 at 19:02 by 58050 Log in to reply The following user said thank you: AndyG |
| TLAs - i.e. three letter acronyms 26/03/2013 at 18:52 #42746 | |
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jc92
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for the era it applies to, LBV is loco(s) and brake van(s)
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| TLAs - i.e. three letter acronyms 26/03/2013 at 19:19 #42747 | |
postal
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" said:Usually a list of abbreviations can be found on one of the first pages in the WTT.Now that the WTT is available on-line, each book is split into sections (e.g. CB00/CB01/CB02 etc.) The section serialised 00 contains the abbreviations and other information like maps covering the individual sections within the group. The WTT books (01/02 etc) normally only contain the actual table with no supporting key or list of abbreviations. “In life, there is always someone out there, who won’t like you, for whatever reason, don’t let the insecurities in their lives affect yours.” – Rashida Rowe Log in to reply |
| TLAs - i.e. three letter acronyms 26/03/2013 at 19:34 #42748 | |
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Foulounoux
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Just remember you have XTLA's as well X for Extended. Ie more than 3 letters. 
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| TLAs - i.e. three letter acronyms 27/03/2013 at 00:11 #42760 | |
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MikeW
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Many thanks to all who replied. As usual, more information than you can shake a stick at, and all very interesting! Best wishes, Mike Log in to reply |