How did you pick your name?

[PennsyHoosier]

I like the Pennsy and I'm a Hoosier

[sledgehammer]

Mine is a nick name I got working for a bodyshop many years ago. I was staightening out a bumper on one of the ryder international strait trucks with a sledgehammer. I had the bumper lying on the ground and was driving the dent out of it. Well one of the swings I took the head came off. bounced of the edge of the hood of a brand new Kenwort and then went througt the windsheild. and thats how I got my nick name.

[Vampire]

Vampire - because I mostly come at night... mostly...

[Anonymous]

surf as in net surfing not ocean surfing. stud - well that should be self explanatory LOL! 31 was my age when I created the name.

[Anonymous]

I didn't. My parents named me.

[outdoorsfellar]

Well.... a picture can tell my story.....

[Anonymous]

My first name (But feel free to call me Albatross, Alexander, Alex, Supreme Overlord, King Alex
Did i say that or just think it? Oh well.)

My age at the time of joining, and still is is 13.

Alexander

[hdbob]

hd= home depot (used to work for them part time)
bob = first name guess its not to original but it works

[SilverSpike]

I first tried to get the name "GoldenSpike" like the National Park where the completion of the world's first transcontinental railroad was celebrated here where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads met on May 10, 1869. Golden Spike was designated as a national historic site in nonfederal ownership on April 2, 1957, and authorized for federal ownership and administration by an act of Congress on July 30, 1965.

So.... then I tried SilverSpike and it took!

Cheers,

Ryan

[Walter Clot]

Anyone else want to add their story.

[jbloch]

Initial first name, followed by last name. Looks like a lot of other more original nicknames than that!!

Jim

[SSW9389]

I am patriotic, was born on the Fourth of July, and am a member of the Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society. The choice was a natural.

[ngartshore350]

First inital and surname, plus the cubic inches of my Pick-up/ Utility. No brainer really!

Some of the others are great!

NG (N for Nigel)

[canazar]

My real last name is Kanicsar. "Canazar" was off the hip shot at a simple way to spell my name for a qick handle on AOL screename. All though, for the record, you dont use the Z in the real one, more like a S sound .... [;)]

[Anonymous]

Actually my Guru picked my name for me. I use Tuakram on all the chat boards I'm on. As well as for my domain (tukaram.net). Quite a few of my real life friends don't even know my legal name. It's not secret, I just don't use it anymore. (It is really Tim)

[Anonymous]

My nic is an obscure reference to Jeremiah 18:6. (This is appropriate since musicians tend to be obscure by nature.[;)][:p]) Gumby being a clay figure and "clay in the Potter's hand". The nic was giving to me by the guitar player in my first band because of the speed that I was learning the bass and the music.

Since most BBS's have a "gumby" registered, I used the fact that I'm the 4th and tagged it to the end.

[ChessieFan13]

well Im a fan of the Chessie System and one of my favorite numbers is 13

J.W.

[GN-Rick]

My first name-preceded by the railway I model. Kind of a no-brainer, but it works for me.

[Walter Clot]

Thanks, everyone. That was very interesting. I guess some day we need a poll of which name is the most unique. Or we could do it by phone and have a telephone pole.
ha ha.

[jxtrrx]

jxtrrx= Jacks Tracks. My two passions are model trains and 50s & 60s rock & roll oldies. Both my trains and my CDs have Tracks. [:D] Two Rs in trrx for "RailRoad" or "Rock & Roll." I know. I have too much time on my hands.

[aloco]

My member name was inspired by the Creedence Clearwater Revival song 'Porterville'. In the chorus John Fogerty sings the phrase 'I don't care! I don't care!', and when I first heard the song I thought he was singing 'a-loco! a-loco!' And being the train fanatic that I was, well, it seemed like a natural assumption.

[AggroJones]

My name picked me....

[BRJN]

When I was a kid, the best video games were to be found in six-foot high stands with names on the side like "Pac-Man" or "Space Invaders". They let the 10 people with the highest scores put in three letters. Most folks used their initials.

After a while, the machines were upgraded: they could hold 15 or even 20 high scores, and had room for four letters per name. Having been caught by surprise after playing a very good game, I had to come up with something on the fly. Somehow, this extra letter just looked more right.

[sarahd]

sarahd baby girls name, chico baby is what she calls her santa fe trains
99sarahd

[bogp40]

QUOTE: Originally posted by twcenterprises

QUOTE: Originally posted by GEARHEAD426
GEARHEAD, and the size of the baddest motor to rumble out of the seventies--426 Street Hemi.
GEARHEAD426
[8]

Surely you jest, the 426 being the baddest, you've GOT to be kidding. The 440 King Kong (Police Interceptor) motor could spank one any day of the week. Granted, it may take it nearly a mile to get up to speed, but they were built for high speed pursuit. Given the 2 of them in a pursuit, the 426 would give out first, thus the 440 would end up with the advantage. Now if you're talking about a heavily built 426 vs. a stock 440 KK, then you're comparing apples to oranges.

Oh, BTW, my user name is also my business name.

Brad

270 gears on any big block is going to send it sailing for top speed. I don't believe you could ever find a Hemi with gears any taller than 3.55:1, most came with 3.70 or 4.11--Gee I wonder why they would top out, but do it while the 440 you talk about is still trying to find it's final shift. 440s with 3.55 gears were being eaten alive by even the 375HP 396s also (had one of those too).
Bob K.

[Anonymous]

Easy, 4884bigboy, because the Big Boy was the greatest steamer ever, regardless of what all you non-believers think![:D]

[bogp40]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Medina1128

Last name, date of birth.. eh.. And by the way, twcenterprises, I'll take the HEMI, too. Granted, the 440 had more low end torque, but the high end breathing advantage that the HEMI had, more than made up for it.

Same as you, Walter, asked a name and that's it.
Even though I graduated to Mopar (340), there was never a 440 that did in my ' 70 LS6.
The 426 still holds the all time nastalgia/ mean brute power record for me.
Bob K.

[Anonymous]

Hard Add : rail jargon for a very rough coupling when adding up motive/ rolling stock.

[talon104]

Well, talon is the name of the type of plane i work on ( t-38 Talon ) it was the call sign I had to use when i was a expediter...um , 104 .. um 10...4 just came into mind years and years back when i had to start all this name and password stuff on computers so, just about every name i use is either talon or talon 104. [:p] basic and easy to remember since everything these days needs names and passwords i can at least get half of it right always LMAO[:D]
C.C.

[selector]

My work was in personnel selection for the Canadian Military. Earlier in my career, I was in tanks, British Centurions, and the main armament and ranging 50 cal. were armed using a selector lever.

In fact, in the battle drill, when the tank was to be made ready for a firefight, the crew commander would yell his order, and the first thing the gunner did was reach for the Selector Lever to turn it to the middle "Off" position so that the would not inadvertently fire either weapon. His drill, which although I was a tank troop leader, I had to know as well has he, was to yell out the following as he performed the actions:

"Selector lever off."
"All lights on" (in the gun control mechanisms)
"RG on." (ranging gun)
"Sight coolant pump on."
"Traverse indicator engaged."
"MG & RG foot-pedals down."
"Hands on my controls, observing to my front."

I remember it clearly 30 years later, yet have not crew commanded a tank in 26. Some of this terminology would seem antiquated to a modern tank gunner, but the Centurions were already old, about 25 years, when I finally got to train in them.

Hence, selector for both types of work in my professional life.