At play practice tonight, someone commented that one of the props is a British publication called an ABC, apparently a train schedule. Can anyone tell me what ABC stands for in that context. The OED was unhelpful, but I did learn that ABC can be a verb!

Thanks

TEd

There is a series of books in Britain that are called "abc books", and they all have to do with travel, in some way.
http://www.transportdiversions.com/catalog.asp?seriesid=2
But I couldn't find out what abc stands for!

EDIT: Oops--this is a commercial site. Sorry about that. Not promoting, just trying to inform.

ABC

Just saw a Poirot TV mystery that was called The ABC Murders (based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie) in which an ABC train schedule figures prominently. The book was an alphabetical listing of train stations with times and numbers.

Peggy mentioned to me this morning that she had read the ABC mystery but could not remember what ABC stood for. Now we know. Thanks!

I suspect we will change the reference to just "train schedule" since we are working in front of an American audience.