D7666 wrote:
On Mar 17, 8:36 am, (Nick Leverton) wrote:

Hitachi Class 395, not "Javelin".

But this won't stop someone calling them 6Jav soon - or even 6Jap.

I think you could have just coined a phrase there, Nick


Well possibly )


The -ap bit has a SR connection - 2Hap - and Kent certainly has major
association with the 2Hap fleet even though the -a and the p have no
common meaining.

My impression was that they were seen to take over from where the 2Hal
left off, they beign "half a lav", and I assume the "p" was some
indication of EP brakes.

And again the were 6Pan (so now 6 ja-Pan) , 6Jap could also mean Japan
And Pancras (6 jap-pan) and so on, there are several possibilites
here.

Or to continue the Southern's lavatory fixation, they could be 6Dis, as
they will have disabled lavatories, or 6Ret for retention tanks.

Robin