Learning the LINGO

[burnthebox]

Hi, to one & all, especially the "shortcuts " well informed, would you all mind explaining the meaning of, MPD's, DFD's, MPV's, UTA's NIR & & all the other shortcut's you use until we of the UNEDUCATED ! get to grips with your lingo. I'm not blaming anyone but I have to go back to my version of the dictionary in hope to get some kind of understanding, I will explain her I used shortcuts which may have no place here !!!!

Thanking you all in advance

BTB

PS That stands for "burnthebox"

OK

[Broithe]

MPD - motive power depot.

 

MPV - multi-purpose vehicle.

 

UTA - Ulster Transport Authority.

 

NIR - Northern Ireland Railways.

 

..I think..

 

Not sure about DFD - Dublin Fire Department...?

[Dunluce Castle]

A few more,

 

BCDR: Belfast County Down Railway

GNR(I): Great Northern Railway (Ireland)

SLNCR: Sligo Leitrim Northern Counties Railway

LMS (NCC): London Midland Scottish (Northern Counties Commitee)

GSWR: Great Southern Western Railway

 

And lots more....

[Dunluce Castle]

MPD: Multi-Purpose Diesel

MED: Multi-Engined Diesel

[DiveController]

MPD - motive power depot.

 

MPV - multi-purpose vehicle.

 

UTA - Ulster Transport Authority.

 

NIR - Northern Ireland Railways.

 

..I think..

 

Not sure about DFD - Dublin Fire Department...?

Of course technically you would need to call this in MPD1 as Nelson is using MPD2 below for multipurpose diesel:D

[snapper]

.

 

Not sure about DFD - Dublin Fire Department...?

 

DFDS is one of the logistics companys that IE hauls freight for

Edited October 5, 2014 by snapper

[burnthebox]

Thanks one and all for this wonderful insight into the learned amongst us of Irish Railway Modeling, now where did I put that dictionary !!

[burnthebox]

I'm sure I saw DFDS on a container, along with IE, would that be correct

[snapper]

A few more off the top of my head

 

RPSI = Railway Preservation Society Of Ireland

ITG= Irish Traction Group

DMU = Diesel multiple unit (Normally railcar in Ireland)

ICR or 22 or 22k = intercity railcar class 22000

IE= Iarnrod Eireann / Irish Rail

DVT= Driving van trailer

RSC= Railway Safety Commission

RAIU= Rail accident investigation unit (part of the RSC)

[burnthebox]

Many thanks one and all, so easy is'nt it, to those who know, so as I cannot find my dictionary, is it possible that we will have one on her somewhere we can access all the lingo, abbreviations, or should I say short cuts,

[Broithe]

Indeed, DFDS is a shipping company, I was mislead by DFD's - whoops...

 

RPA - Rail Procurement Agency.

 

MRSI - Model railway Society of Ireland.

 

IRRS - Irish Railway Record Society.

[Dunluce Castle]

WIP: Work in progress

UMRC: Ulster Model Railway Club

NDMRS: North Down Model Railway Society

FBMRC: First Bangor Model Railway Cub

UFTM: Ulster Folk Transport Museum

[Broithe]

All sorts of terms here - http://www.railway-technical.com/LAAR-Mk24.pdf - from a UK perspective, but it covers the carriage abbreviations, which could be handy.

[burnthebox]

OK, now guys, could you have a look at just what's been said here, it just go's to show show what exactly is happening on here, therer's as been so so many helpful suggestions it to me just show's you how big the problems is

goodnight & thanks, too many wines I did'nt know

[WRENNEIRE]

Sign language you need to learn Paul

[Killucan2]

I know this site has gone bad as per pm,but?

[DiveController]

PMs are not working still? That would certainly explain some (non)events.

 

Could someone look at the resources section please while we 're at it. I can only see the first page then programming code on the subsequent pages

Thank you

[BosKonay]

The resources section is a "WIP" If I ever get the time to get stuck back into it, it will be cleaned up into something more readable for the gibberish sections

[Broithe]

The resources section is a "WIP" If I ever get the time to get stuck back into it, it will be cleaned up into something more readable for the gibberish sections

 

Take your time, we don't want it to end up FUBAR.

[BosKonay]

... or at least not much more FUBAR'd than meself

[Warbonnet]

PMs are not working still? That would certainly explain some (non)events.

 

Could someone look at the resources section please while we 're at it. I can only see the first page then programming code on the subsequent pages

Thank you

 

Haven't had any problems with private messages myself recently and we haven't had any reports of others having problems in a while. If someone is having problems with them they can just let us know and we'll look into it further for them

[DiveController]

Haven't had any problems with private messages myself recently and we haven't had any reports of others having problems in a while. If someone is having problems with them they can just let us know and we'll look into it further for them

 

I got several ot them today.... but could someone look at the resources link or whatever if possible.....

[DiveController]

The resources section is a "WIP" If I ever get the time to get stuck back into it, it will be cleaned up into something more readable for the gibberish sections

 

ok, Boss, I though it was already there just the 'link' was broken

[DiveController]

All sorts of terms here - http://www.railway-technical.com/LAAR-Mk24.pdf - from a UK perspective, but it covers the carriage abbreviations, which could be handy.

 

It's certainly comprehensive, everything in here from EROS to T'n'A:D