Whats is ur favorite Railroad Quote Good or Bad

[Anonymous]

Mine would have to be Ship it on the Frisco
Susie Q
BN-Big Northern
Canadian Pacific Railway-the empires greatest railway
CN-Crash National
CP-Calgary Pacific
Whats urs

[railman]

I'm a bit on the biased side, but "America's Resourceful Railroad" is always a good one in my mind.

[csxengineer98]

ship it with csx..when it absolutly positivly has to get there...someday..........hehe
csx engineer

[Anonymous]

The one that I know of that really ISNT a good one right now is Union Pacific's " We Can Handle It " if they are...then where is the proof of it. With all of their problems,and licensing tiffs they are having,i'm surprised that they still have customers. I had ordered alot of videos through Pentrex,and never got them when I should have,as some dufuss dumkuff at UPS sent them to Utah on the UP. What in san juan is the package doing in Utah instead of here in Wisconsin? Called the UPS and UP and asked them both how do they keep customers when they pull this kind of stupidity? Neither had a reply.

[gabe]

I don't know if this is what you mean by favorite RR quotes, and I don't mean to be a "sycophant." But, it is Mark's statement referring the the Rock Island:

I don't have time to get the exact quote, but it is something to the effect of "they were charging rates that lost them 500 per carload and trying to make up the difference in volume."

In combination with reading some of the books that have been suggested on this forum, this quote allowed me to reach at least a junior-level "I get it" in terms of rail opperations and why some roads failed.

I think it is a great quote.

Gabe

[Anonymous]

"Southern Serves the South" and "Southern Gives a Green Light to Innovations".

[Anonymous]

"Santa Fe, all the way! It's fun to ride the train!"

"Be Specific, Ship Union Pacific!"

[JoeKoh]

Mine is called a gandy dancer poem in some rr catalogs
its not my job to run the train
the whistle i cant blow
im not allowed to say how fast
the railroad train can go
im not allowed to shoot off steam nor can i ring the bell.
but let the dang thing jump the track and see who catches heck(edited)
stay safe
Joe

[Anonymous]

"Do not flu***oilet while train is in the station!"[:0]

[M636C]

Being a bit of a fan of the old New York Central, Vanderbilt's "the public be damned..." does tend to stick in the mind!

Peter

[cpbloom]

"The Standard Railroad of the World"

"Le Train à Grande Vitesse" (TGV)

[choochin3]

Route of the Beavers![:D]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by modelrailroader71

"Santa Fe, all the way! It's fun to ride the train!"

"Be Specific, Ship Union Pacific!"

Santa Fe,Yes-Union Pacific,No!----------Or at least it was to ship(UP).

[Junctionfan]

NYS&W-Now You Sit and Wait
Erie LackofMoney

Now for some advertising quotes that should have been.......maybe

Penn Centreal-Who needs rails?
CN-(to the workers) Just do it.
UP-Got capacity?
CP-When did you want your loads?
NS-No tresspassing or else.
BNSF-"We love trucks" (unless you aren't on BNSF trains)
CSX-Quality is our middle name (when we feel like it)
Amtrak-We can still get you there (in time)

[railman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan

NYS&W-Now You Sit and Wait
Erie LackofMoney

Now for some advertising quotes that should have been.......maybe

Penn Centreal-Who needs rails?
CN-(to the workers) Just do it.
UP-Got capacity?
CP-When did you want your loads?
NS-No tresspassing or else.
BNSF-"We love trucks" (unless you aren't on BNSF trains)
CSX-Quality is our middle name (when we feel like it)
Amtrak-We can still get you there (in time)

Quite the lineup there, JF. [8D] Keep them coming.

[trainfan1221]

Conrail shared assets--CSAO; Can't Service Anyone.

[UPTRAIN]

NS-Nazi Southern
BNSF-Buy Norfolk Southern Fast
UP-Utterly Pathedic
SP-SF-Shouldn't Paint So Fast...

For some real slogans, Frisco-Ship IT on the Frisco
Missouri Pacific-Route of the Eagles
Union Pacific-We Can Handle It!

For a saying, it would have to be this...

My Job
It's not my job to run the train, the whistle I can't blow,
It's not my job to say where the railroad trains will go,
It's not my job to shoot off steam, or even ring the bell,
But, let the DAMN thing jump the track and see who catches HELL!!!

Just my thoughts!

[Junctionfan]

IC-Iron Catastrophe
ATSF-All Tramps Set Free


Now for more slogans

IC-American in location, Canadian by ownership
KCS-Why are they photographing us?!?!
VIA-French is our second language after service.
Con Rail-Quality?
Rock Island-Scenic and forever
Southern Pacific-Going to make it.........Going to make it...........
Florida East Coast-Hurricanes our just obstacles to overcome

[Anonymous]

Here is another one of my favorites:

"Attention all passengers! The Disneyland Railroad now boarding for a trip around Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom! With a trip throught the Grand Canyon and Primeval World! All Aboard!"

[ValleyX]

"My gown stays white from morn 'til night,
Upon the road of Anthracite."

Phoebe Snow

[greyhounds]

"The passenger train is like the male teat, neither useful nor ornamental." - Jim Hill

"You couldn't make money then, you can't make money now, and you won't ever be able to make money with intercity passenger trains." - Lou Menk

[Anonymous]

How's about CRI&P - Come Right In & P**s
The Southern Serves the South - like a bull serves a cow
SCL - Still Coast Line, S**t Comes Later
NY State Interurban Line Jamestown, Winslow and North Western - Jesus Wept, and No Wonder
Ohio Narrow Gauge Bellaire, Zanesville and Coshocton (?) - Bent, Zigzag and Crooked
GM&O - Good Money and Overtime, Goats Milk and Onions
L&N - Long and Nasty
N&W - Nothing Works (by a Wabash Passenger conductor bring a totally frozen Blue Bird into Decatur, as though the Wabash never had one freeze up)

And these are just the ones on the tip of my tongue . . .

Old Timer

[Anonymous]

A certain railroad man had been criticized for writing lengthy reports about derailments and then responded after the next one with,

"Off again, on again, gone again, Finnegan."

[Junctionfan]

Chicago North Western-(CNW) Can't and Never Will
D&RGW-Delapitated and Rapidly Getting Worse
Depew, Lancaster and Western-DLW-Delay, Linger and Wait
Detroit & Mackinac-D&M-Defeated and Mistreated
Georgia, Florida and Alabama-Gophers, Frogs and Alligators
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac-Rich Folk and Pedigrees
Terra Haute and Peoria-TH&P-Take Hold and Push
Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo-TH&B-To Hell and Back
Green Bay & Western-Grab Baggage and Walk
Cottonbelt-SSW-Slow, Silly and Wishful
DT&I-Dead Trashed and Insignificant
N&W-Nights and Weekends
New York Central-Not Your Choice
CB&Q-Can't Bother and Quit
BLE-Bought and Left Empty
CR-Congressional Reinvestment
UP-Uncle Pete
BNSF-Bigger Newer Santa Fe
CSX-Chicken S*** Xpress
KCS-Kinda Cruel and Surly (at least to railfans)
TFM-Too Flipping Much
B&O-Big and Old
C&O-Classic and Old

[Junctionfan]

MP-Major Pain
GT-Gone Tomarrow
RDG-Rediculous Down Grades


Slogans

Erie Lackawana-Send your donation today
Western Pacific-Go with the west and we'll take care of the rest. (not bad)

[Clutch Cargo]

D&RGW....Dirty and Ragged.....Going West.

Kurt

[oskar]

BNSF- Big Naughty Stupid Frighters




kevin

[Anonymous]

NS-Nazi Southern [:P]
BNSF- Buy NS Fast

[dharmon]

Favorite RR quote...

" . " - Limitedclear

[Anonymous]

Chatahoochee Industrial RR "Better by a Dam Site"

Often heard here in NC "Southern Swerves the South"