Let's list some of the railroadey terms for basic things.
#1 has to be grinding stones for grinding wheels.
Jitney = van
fusee = flare
tricks = shifts
Go ahead.. add some more. We can even regional-ize or localize the railroadey terms if you want to.
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caboose=cabeese
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cabins = caboose around here.
How about hogger, or hog head for engineer.
Bull= railroad detective, or cop, at least around here.
Tim
zugmann cabins = caboose around here.
Rikers Yard How about hogger, or hog head for engineer. Bull= railroad detective, or cop, at least around here. Tim
Then you can spot a load.
Or you can place a car.
Then that car that you spotted can become a placecar. "Put the empties behind that placecar".
When you place that placecar, be sure to tie one on, sting one on, tie it down, spin one on, and anchor it.
zugmann When you place that placecar, be sure to tie one on, sting one on, tie it down, spin one on, and anchor it.
mudchicken ..or just chunk it. ...got a skate?
..or just chunk it. ...got a skate?
Nah, but there's a blocker.
Hey, wait a minute, that was my favorite stick....
Joint- coupling
Cover-buffer car
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Are "carknockers " still alive and on the job??
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Yard Goat
Beanery
Mudchicken
Yellow Thingie
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zugmann Let's list some of the railroadey terms for basic things. #1 has to be grinding stones for grinding wheels. Jitney = van fusee = flare tricks = shifts Go ahead.. add some more. We can even regional-ize or localize the railroadey terms if you want to.
The term "Grinding stone" is not specific to the Railroad industry, it is used for other types of grinding/polishing equipment but nowadays it may be somewhat archaic. If you Google search the term you will get a lot of hits for suppliers of industrial tools/supples, but when you go to the linked websites they are more commonly called wheels..
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May you never be anywhere close to LORAM/SPENO when the stones learn to fly.
armstrong - manually powered; bad order; - beans; - big hook; - brownie; - drag; - drill; - drop; -Johnson bar; - kick; - leg (one half of wye); - meet; - cnfield meet; - cruimmy; dead head;; - gandy dancer; - highball; - in the hole; - on the ground; - outlawed; - sand house; - shoo fly; - varnish; - flimsy
Thats all for now
Early quit
Screw the pooch
Tie up
Grab iron
Anglecock
Bad order
Big hole
Buckle the rubbers
Cornfield meet
Drop
Dutch drop
Flimsy
Flying switch
Goat
Saw-by
Shoo-fly
Light engine; engine running light
Johnny
Oh, yes, but not done often today: quartering the main drivers.
Time to test the modac:
Big-hole the Westinghouse
Bad joint
Lazy cock
Broken injector
Blown head
Humping (with the original location being Honeypot)
Pinch bar
Ice gang
Sleepy R--- C.P.R.
Flanger
FRED for Flashing Rear End Device.
Railroad pie. A one dish meal made of ground meat, onion, a little salt and other things* cooked together in a skillet and topped with corn bread batter and baked until the corn bread is done. There are many recipes but you can add whatever you want to the beef and onions. Pour off the excess grease if there is too much.
Traditionally this is made in a black iron skillet but it can also be made in a casserole dish. It can be made in a Dutch oven with a depressed lid to hold hot coals and baked on a camp fire.
*for example corn, beans, peppers (sweet or hot as you prefer), cut up cooked potato and anything else you have handy.
In the ditch - derailment
Had it to the roof - Term used on some roads to say the engineer had the steam engine doing all it could do
Join the birds - Jumping in the event of a cornfield meet
Shoot the bill - Placed the train in emergency
Dumped it - Same thing
Marked off - Taking days off on own account
Bumped or rolled - Displaced off a job by a senior person.
The Big O - Old time term for conductors, came from the Organization of Railroad Conductors
That's just a few that come to mind.
Interlocking is a noun.
Highball is a verb.
One thing that kinda tickles me is the use of "...account..." instead of "...on account of..." I guess it was shortened for convenience when filling out forms.
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ValleyXHad it to the roof - Term used on some roads to say the engineer had the steam engine doing all it could do
While we're there, let's not forget the other half of the operation, 'had it in the company notch'
While we're at it: we might as well remember that 'hot-rod' is from a railroad source.
A 'hotrod runner' was an engineer who went so fast or so hard ... or stopped his train so seldom for oiling maintenance ... that the rods would heat up. Logical to extrapolate this to non-conformists interested in running at high speed in other contexts...
Blue Jay. Back in the days when Jay Gould was active in railroading he would give employees notes written on his distinctive imprinted blue stationary. These notes were known as "blue Jays."
Overmod While we're at it: we might as well remember that 'hot-rod' is from a railroad source. A 'hotrod runner' was an engineer who went so fast or so hard ... or stopped his train so seldom for oiling maintenance ... that the rods would heat up. Logical to extrapolate this to non-conformists interested in running at high speed in other contexts...
That is very interesting. I had not thought about it lately, but I know that I have at times wondered what "hot rod" actually referred to as applied to cars.
Paul of Covington Interlocking is a noun. Highball is a verb. One thing that kinda tickles me is the use of "...account..." instead of "...on account of..." I guess it was shortened for convenience when filling out forms.
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