Here's a little post Thanksgiving pre-Christmas brain game. Can you come up with any uncomplimentary nicknames for fallen flags based on the railroad's initials? To get the ball rolling:
Ontario and Western: "Off and Walk" "Old and Weary"
Denver and Rio Grande Western: "Dangerous and Rapidly Getting Worse"
C&NW: Cheap and Nothing Wasted or Cardboard and No Wheels
CGW: Cinders, Grass and Weeds
BN: Big Nothing
BNSF: Big New Super Frisco or Been Nothing Since Frisco
WSOR: We Scare Other Railroads, Winter Slows Our Railroad, Wisconsin's School Of Railroading, William Squanders Our Resources.
There are about 100 of them for the WSOR, but some can only be told at basement slide shows.
Lance
SCL: slowboard coast line.
Russell
The old Somerset and Dorset (S&D) over in the the UK was known as Slow and Dirty.
NYC = Now your crawling, No you can't.
W&LE = Weak & lacks enthusiasm.
I did like the pre merger painting of the SPSF.= Shouldn't paint so fast. The merger was denied.
PC = Pin cushion, people crashing, plum crazy, please call, please care. There are many more but most can not be printed here.
D&LW = Dangerous and looks wavy, Derails & lacks wheels.
Pete
I pray every day I break even, Cause I can really use the money!
I started with nothing and still have most of it left!
C.P.R. Sleepy R. there is another, but not politically correct.
One I heard a few weeks ago for the C&NW. Cheap and Nothing Works. This from an old head talking about something from his CNW days.
Jeff
The weary Erie.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
ns-nothing special
up-under powered
cn-can not
maw-mangled and wrecked
I have others as well but we can't post them here.
stay safe
Joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
All old standbys:
Minneapolis & St. Louis:
Misery & Short Life, Midnight & Still Later, Maimed & Still Limping
Chicago and North Western:
Cheap and Nothing Wasted
(Chicago) Great Western:
Great Weedy
Soo Line:
Slow Line
Delaware & Lackawanna Western:
Delay, Linger & Wait
Kurt hayek
Thank You.
EL: Erie Lackomoney
TP&W = Two Ponies and a Wagon
GM&O greasy, muddy and oily
Leavenworth, Kansas & Western leave Kansas & walk
SP suffering pacific
UP Onion Pacific
LaSalle & Bureau County--LSBC was Let's Steal Box Cars (because they did from the Penn Central).
The IMRL: It's Milwaukee Road-Like
MRL: Milwaukee Road Lives
TP&W - Totally Pathetic and Worthless
Delaware&Hudson.........Delay&Hesitate
DJ Hempeler
Murray EL: Erie Lackomoney
How about a small variation on Murray's nickname: "Eerie Lack-o'-money?"
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My "Aunt Dude" commuted for years between Harlem Ave., Berwyn, and Chicago Union Station on the "Crash, Bounce & Quiver."
And at one time the C.B.& Q. had a subsidiary operation known as the "Crummy & Slow," the "Cream & Sugar," or the "Cinders & S**t."
Eventually all of these railroads folded into the "Big New Santa Fe."
Being a former C&NW man, the best one I heard was "Can't & Never Will."
locoi1sa NYC = Now your crawling, No you can't. W&LE = Weak & lacks enthusiasm. I did like the pre merger painting of the SPSF.= Shouldn't paint so fast. The merger was denied. PC = Pin cushion, people crashing, plum crazy, please call, please care. There are many more but most can not be printed here. D&LW = Dangerous and looks wavy, Derails & lacks wheels. Pete
FWIW, it was DL&W, not D&LW for Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, aka the "Delay, Linger & Wait."
uphogger locoi1sa: NYC = Now your crawling, No you can't. W&LE = Weak & lacks enthusiasm. I did like the pre merger painting of the SPSF.= Shouldn't paint so fast. The merger was denied. PC = Pin cushion, people crashing, plum crazy, please call, please care. There are many more but most can not be printed here. D&LW = Dangerous and looks wavy, Derails & lacks wheels. Pete FWIW, it was DL&W, not D&LW for Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, aka the "Delay, Linger & Wait."
locoi1sa: NYC = Now your crawling, No you can't. W&LE = Weak & lacks enthusiasm. I did like the pre merger painting of the SPSF.= Shouldn't paint so fast. The merger was denied. PC = Pin cushion, people crashing, plum crazy, please call, please care. There are many more but most can not be printed here. D&LW = Dangerous and looks wavy, Derails & lacks wheels. Pete
It must be my dyslexia kikin in.
Tallulah Falls -- TF -- Total failure
SOU -- Studdering RR
N&W -- Not worth it
ET&WNC -- Every time we'll not crawl
NYO&W - "Old and Weary," "Old Woman"
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
During one of Union Pacific's meltdowns during the last boom in rail traffic I heard:
Unlimited Parking
Jack
My favorite has always been the Waco, Beaumont, Trinity & Sabine Railroad..."Wobble, Bobble, Turnover & Stop"
EL...Erie Lack-o-maintenance
EJE...Evening Jobs for Everyone
CR...Congressional Rail
D&H...Dilapidated and Hemorrhaging
B&M...Bowel Movement (i think I can say that?)
GM&O...Grease, Mud, and Oil
B&O...Body Odor
CM&I...Center of Mother@&%!$ Illinois
ATSF...Always Trying Something Funny
M&SL...Missed St. Louis
WP...Wasting Profits
GB&W...Going Broke Waiting
CN = Cartoon Network
FEC = Flog (or use another word) Employees Constantly
Larry
http://www.youtube.com/user/ClinchValleySD40
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52481330@N05/
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/page/1/ppuser/8745/sl/c
CN = Canadian NaziNS = Nazi SouthernLS&I = Latest Stupid IdeaUP = Utterly PatheticSP = Stupidly Pathetic
Dan
Kootenay Central Pacific Great Eastern = Prince George Eventually. Altho' not offensive, there is suburb of Calgary out by Ogden Shops STILL shown on maps as Cepeear. http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=50.99107,-114.002724&spn=0.035873,0.121708&z=13 Thank You.
Pacific Great Eastern = Prince George Eventually.
Altho' not offensive, there is suburb of Calgary out by Ogden Shops STILL shown on maps as Cepeear.
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=50.99107,-114.002724&spn=0.035873,0.121708&z=13
PGE also referred to as the Please Go Easy
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