Folklore: Railroad Nicknames

Subject: RE: BS: Railroad Nicknames
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 04:50 PM

Metchosin, you are perfectly OK with the link you have provided and in fact asks people who use their picture (permission required) to link to their site. What the site does not want is a link to the graphic itself.

Jon.

Subject: RE: BS: Railroad Nicknames
From: Robby
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 03:58 PM

Now I see why the first drawing looked like a tractor pulling a semi. This one looks like a school bus on railroad tracks.
If an over-the-road tractor pulls a semi-trailer, what does a whole trailer look like?

Subject: RE: BS: Railroad Nicknames
From: Metchosin
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 03:00 PM

Apparently it gave quite a weird ride, if I can remember what I read correctly, as it was a narrow guage train and they had to put it on some other wheels in order to ge it to run on the standard CN rail lines.

Re: deleting links, I'll go PM Pene Azul

There is another picture of it here

Subject: RE: BS: Railroad Nicknames
From: Robby
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 02:29 PM

I don't know how to delete links, so I can't help on that. Interesting picture though. Looks more like a tractor with a semi on rails than a train. Keep trying. Now yu've got me curious.

Subject: RE: BS: Railroad Nicknames
From: Metchosin
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 01:41 PM

oops! that was not the picture to use, there are others, anyone know how I can delete the link?

Subject: RE: BS: Railroad Nicknames
From: Metchosin
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 01:02 PM

On Vancouver Island, near where I live, there is a stretch of abandoned CN line that is called the Galloping Goose. It was named for the train that used to run on it years ago and is now a regional park used for hiking, cycling and horseback riding and I elieve is now part of the Great Canadian Trail. I'll see if I can find more information regarding the Galloping Goose, I seem to have forgotten most of what I read about the train itself. (Aged P syndrome creeping in)

Subject: RE: BS: Railroad Nicknames
From: Barbara
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 12:22 PM

You know, Mrrzy, that they ran a contest to name those shuttles, and that was the name that won?

Subject: RE: BS: Railroad Nicknames
From: Mrrzy
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 11:59 AM

The closest I come is knowing that the shuttle bus that goes to the SF subway (BART) from the Berkeley campus was called the Humphrey Go-Bart...

Subject: RE: BS: Railroad Nicknames
From: manitas_at_work
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 11:50 AM

The Somerset and Dorset was known as the Slow and Dirty.

Subject: RE: BS: Railroad Nicknames
From: jeffp
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 10:28 AM

The old Maryland & Pennsylvania RR was affectionately known as the Ma & Pa.

jeffp

Subject: RE: BS: Railroad Nicknames
From: GUEST,Superdad
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 09:55 AM

The "Kingston & Pembroke" RR known as the K & P was also called the Kick & Push RR

Just dropped by

David aka superdad

Subject: RE: BS: Railroad Nicknames
From: GUEST,Al
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 09:31 AM

"A Treasury of Railroad Folklore" by B.A. Botkin and Alvin F. Harlow (1953, Bonanza Books, New York, ISBN 0-517-168685) lists many of these names, which match the "reporting marks" of the railroads, some are: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe: Ate Tamales and Spit Fire Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac: Rich Folks & Pedigrees New York, Susquehanna & Western: Now you Sit and Wait Lake Erie & Western: Leave Early and Walk Terre Haute & Peoria: Take Hold and Push Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic: Damned Small Salaries and Abuse New Orleans & Northeastern: No Omelettes, No Eggs

Subject: RE: BS: Railroad Nicknames
From: Mountain Dog
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 09:05 AM

The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad, born in the old Gold Country of California, was known as the "Never Come, Never Go Railroad".

Subject: RE: BS: Railroad Nicknames
From: Robby
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 08:28 AM

It appears this has the potential for some fun.

Subject: RE: BS: Railroad Nicknames
From: sophocleese
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 08:21 AM

T,H and B, the Toronto, Hamilton and Brantford line was known as To Hell and Back.

Subject: RE: BS: Railroad Nicknames
From: The Walrus at work
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 08:11 AM

Robby,

The old Great Western Railway became known to its fans as "God's Wonderful Railway" and using the rhythmn of the name rather than the initials, the old London, Chatham and Dover Railway became known, at one time, as the "Run em, Crash 'em and Roll Over"

Walrus

Subject: Railroad Nicknames
From: Robby
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 07:56 AM

The idea for this thread was suggested by Georgeward in a related thread pertaining to "The Delaware Lackawan". I'll start, but I won't steal his entry.

In my hometown there was a railroad, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (DL&W). However, to the local folks it became known as the Delay, Linger & Wait, for not too flattering reasons.

Anyone else have a favorite railroad with unusual nicknames using the official letter abbreviation of the road?