QUOTE: Originally posted by Sask_Tinplater Anita, Welcome to the forums. It's always great to see a woman who is interested in railways. We have a couple of other female members on as well. As for nicknames, I don't believe that there is a website out there that gives a list of them, but I can tell you some. Most steam locomotives had a nickname for their wheel arrangement. Below are the most common. 4-4-0: American 4-4-2: Atlantic 4-4-4: Reading (Jubilee in Canada) 2-6-0: Mogul 2-6-2: Prairie 4-6-0: Ten-Wheeler 4-6-2: Pacific 4-6-4: Hudson 2-8-0: Consolidation 2-8-2: Mikado 2-8-4: Berkshire 4-8-0: Twelve-Wheeler 4-8-2: Mountain 4-8-4: Northern 2-10-0: Decapod 2-10-2: Santa Fe 2-10-4: Texas (or a Selkirk in Canada) 2-6-6-6: Allegheny 4-6-6-4: Challenger 2-8-8-4: Yellowstone 4-8-8-4: Big Boy Of course, various specific steam locomotives that operated on certain railroads had their own nicknames. All I can think of right now are New York Central's 4-8-4's, which were called Niagras and 4-8-2's, which were called Mohawks. There are plenty of others out there, though. As for diesels and electrics, here are some that I know of, but they are by no means all of them. There are some diesel railcars that are called doodlebugs. SW and NW series switchers, when paired up with B units that didn't have a cab, are called a cow and calf. Some very small diesel switchers are called critters. Baldwin DR-12-8-3000 type diesel locomotives were called centipiedes because they are very long and have many wheels. The Milwaukee Road had some electric locomotives (I don't actually know what the proper name for them is) that were called Little Joes. Joe refers to Joseph Stalin because the locomotives were originally intended to be sent to the USSR. Baldwin DR-6-4-2000 diesel locomotives are called sharks because of the shape of their nose. EP-5 electric locomotives were called jets. Alco DL-600b diesels were called alligators because of their very long noses. High-hood GP-series diesels are called geeps. GE U-series diesels are often called U-Boats. That's all I can come up with for now, perhaps some other forum members will know some more.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Anita Ashton Dear Sask_Tinplater, Thank You very much for the nice words, and for great and readable reply! I had knowing so much arresting things by You! A couple of them I too known and couple of the names and wheel arrangements can be found in ours, in Hungary. For example: 4-6-0: Ten-Wheeler => MÁV-number: 328 series / MÁV - mean: Magyar Államvasutak = Hungarian Railway Company / It's a beautiful, pointed nose steam locomotive... In ours the wheel-arrangement named ot "Hungaria" too. 4-6-2: Pacific : MÁV-number is 301 series It's too a nice locomotive, and very slim. like as a goooood woman... But my favorite: 4-8-0: MÁV-number is 424 series ... the legendary 424, "who" in the year 1932. in Paris on the World-Presentation had gain the "grand-price" and the "beauty-price"! The locomotive series are called "Bivaly" / in English buffalo / , or "Nurmi", like as the old, Polish Olympic runner champion. And we had got a locomotive series: the MÁV 411 series / 2-8-0 / that we named "Thruman" / like as the old President of USA /, because we had buy from the USA-Army after the Normandia disembarkation / D-day / ... It costed in junk-price: 6 fillér/kilogramms Just You mean: 1 fillér = 0,02 US$ just 2 cent 1 kilogram (kg) = 2,203 pound If you are interested in it, then I will show some pictures! Thanks a lot, Sask! with fondness: Anita
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