Railroad Slang Compendium

Subject: Railroad Slang Compendium
From: Amos
Date: 24 Feb 10 - 08:41 PM

Looking up a couple of railroad terms led me to some valuable collections of railroad slang, so I thought we should keep a record of them for future buffs to use.

1. From Freeman Hubbard, 1945: http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/glossry1.Html

2. From "Roundhouse Ramblings": http://www.vnerr.com/news/slang.htm

3. From "Trainorders.com": http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,1250041

4. Partial Listing from "The Railhead"--the rest being a purchasable file: http://artistbw.freeyellow.com/RR.html

5. From Paravoz.com: http://parovoz.com/spravka/RailroadDefinitions.html

6. Google search of railroad slang from Google (where else?)

Enjoy.