RR lingo

[edblysard]

Hi Ya,
Bull, railroad cop, of the bulli***ype. Always first on the scene, has his nose in everyones business, walks as talks like john wayne, full of stories and often full of bull
Foamer, rail fans, ofter found trackside, telling everyone how many rivets a certain car has, who built it and when, gets so excited by bring near railroads and talking so much they foam at the mouth, as if rabid, usually treated as if they are.
Gumshoe, railroad cop, has gum stuck to his shoe that slows him down, always shows up 1/2 hour after all the excitement is over.
As to doubling and trippling a hill, means to break you train into manageable parts to ascend a steep grade, often as a result of engine problems you cant pull the whole thing up the grade.
Hogging, or the hogs getting you, as in being out in the boonies when you reach you limit on hours of service, your where the hogs can get you, because your so far out, or didnt make it back to a terminal or tie up point before the hours of service ran out.
Any help?
Ed

[Anonymous]

My question blue is: how do you propose that RCO be used to bring the unit down from the top of the hill? I may be wrong, but at this time RCOs cannot be used on main line. Thank god!

[sooblue]

Now with distributed power and RC wouldn't it be possible to eliminate the need to double and triple a hill?
maybe it wouldn't be cost effective to have a unit stationed on site that could be used as a helper up the hill on one train and used for dynamic braking down the hill on another.
Or the unit could be left at the top of the hill for the next train to bring it down with RC to use as a helper again.
However, time is money too. 12 hours to get your train to the top of a hill sounds like a looser in the long run. An engine gets paid for eventually.
What is the RRs stant on this?

[Anonymous]

#4 means the crew had to cut the train in half,use the engines to take each half over the hill,then re-assemble it.I suppose if the hill was real steep,they would cut the train into three parts.This work has to be done in less then 12 hours.If it takes more then 12,they have to stop the train and wait for the next crew.

[BRAKIE]

Here ya go!

Bull,Railroad Police officer,Railroad Special Agent.Also known as cinder dicks,railroad cops,Tramp chasers,Hobo chasers,head busters, company spies,and railroad guards..

Foamer,A guy that knows everything about railroads and can always be found track side-others may give you other meanings for the same word.

Gumshoe,A privite investigator,a Police Detective a police officer,railrord cop.

[Anonymous]

Having read all posts, and now being thoroughly stimulated, I have to ask these questions. Being an amature and an engineer not of the train sort, I need to know some of the dialect meaning real rail men use. 1) Bull?
2) Foamer??
3) Gumshoe???
4) This whole sentence....After doubleing one hill and tripleing another we only made half our run before we hogged.

I know English pretty well and am learning to spreken ze Deutch, {I too am proudly of German (Note the capital G) descent] but this RR lingo has really got me how to say, puzzled in rr??