 Such was the commitment of VR Chief Commissioner Harold Clapp to introducing a world-class train service to Victorian Railways, virtually no detail was overlooked.VR engineers famously road-tested the new train's smoothness on curves by studying a full bowl of soup in the dining car as the train took curves at full speed; if the soup splashed over the side of the bowl a decision would be taken whether to modify the curve for higher speeds or reduce the speed limit for the curve.Harold Clapp could not, however, take credit for the name for the service; when discussing with his wife his proposed "Royal Victorian" name (inspired by the LMS "Royal Scot"), Mrs Clapp suggested, on the spur of the moment, "Spirit of Progress".