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Originally Posted by eddie
Don't they have a special nickname for sausage over there?
Love the steam engines! Fun to envision operating one, until you realize what a dirty job that was years ago. All that coal dust and smoke. Imagine the health problems they had back then.
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Most classic is Banger, as in Bangers and Mash (Sausage and Mashed Potato).
Yes, it's an oft forgotten fact that a lot of drivers who switched from Steam to diesel were glad of the fact that they could go to work in one set of clothes and come back from work in the same set!