What is your "favorite" deragatory railroad nickname?

ValleyX

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From: US
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Posted by ValleyX on Monday, September 12, 2005 2:33 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by oskar

correct me if I am wrong wasn't there a post like this with more deragatory names earlier this year?

kevin

Yep, I think there was a post like this before, but you frequently see this happen on here, where someone starts up what has been done before.

Why y'all picking on Old Timer, he wants to post about NS, that's fine, he seems to have more railroad knowledge than most on here, not that he needs me to defend him.

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arbfbe

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February 2002
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Posted by arbfbe on Monday, September 12, 2005 3:00 PM

C&NW Can't and Never Will
NP Nels Peterson for all the Scandanavians workin the line
CB&Q Crumbs, Bums and ***s
SP Suffering Pathetically or Suffering and Pathetic
MN&S Minneapolis, Norway and Sweden, see the NP name
Gillmore & Pittsburg (Montana and Idaho) Get Off and Push (G&P reporting marks)

I don;t make them up , I just report them.

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Sterling1

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From: Traveling in Middle Earth
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Posted by Sterling1 on Monday, September 12, 2005 6:40 PM

SBD : So Bored Down
FEC : Floyd's East Coast (1999 hurricane)
ACL : Andrew's Cleaning Line (1992 hurricane)
KCS : Katrina's Cleaning Serivces (2005 hurricane) (too painfulin both FL and NO)

"There is nothing in life that compares with running a locomotive at 80-plus mph with the windows open, the traction motors screaming, the air horns fighting the rush of incoming air to make any sound at all, automobiles on adjacent highways trying and failing to catch up with you, and the unmistakable presence of raw power. You ride with fear in the pit of your stomach knowing you do not really have control of this beast." - D.C. Battle [Trains 10/2002 issue, p74.]

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Sterling1

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Posted by Sterling1 on Monday, September 12, 2005 6:44 PM

WP : Wasted Poor
NP : New Punk
GN : Good New
AWP : Always Whining ****
WoA : Whine of Atlanta
CofG : Caught of Guard

"There is nothing in life that compares with running a locomotive at 80-plus mph with the windows open, the traction motors screaming, the air horns fighting the rush of incoming air to make any sound at all, automobiles on adjacent highways trying and failing to catch up with you, and the unmistakable presence of raw power. You ride with fear in the pit of your stomach knowing you do not really have control of this beast." - D.C. Battle [Trains 10/2002 issue, p74.]

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Bob-Fryml

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From: US
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Posted by Bob-Fryml on Monday, September 12, 2005 7:13 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Old Timer

D&RGW = Dangerous and Rapidly Getting Worse

Old Timer

How about...

D.& R.G.W. = Dangerous and Rapidly Growing Worse?

My late "Aunt Dude" who commuted for decades between Harlem Ave., Berwyn and Chicago Union Station rode what she called the "Crash, Bounce and Quiver."

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 12, 2005 7:19 PM

catfish it is reference to a brakemen in tulsa , ok. the name came about because he is all head and no ears. he would not listen to anyone

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zars

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Posted by zars on Monday, September 12, 2005 9:52 PM

An old narrow-gauge line in Ohio, the Bellaire, Zanesville, and Cincinnati (it got only as far as Zanesville in its life, and was torn up in the late 1920's), legendary for being built on the cheap, with rickety bridges and hand-me-down rolling stock:

Bent, Zig-zag and Crooked

Lake Erie and Western (built and owned by New York Central, later purchased by Nickel Plate Road):

Leave Early & Walk

The (old) Wheeling and Lake Erie:

Wailing and Leg Weary

CSX:

Consistenly Stupid X-cuses.

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vvtdeb

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August 2003
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Posted by vvtdeb on Monday, September 12, 2005 11:26 PM

ERIE...Weiry Erie
Erie Lackawanna....Erie Lack-a-money

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jockellis

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From: Just outside Atlanta
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Posted by jockellis on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 10:53 AM

G'day, Y'all,
Then there was the old Tallulah Falls Railroad, the Total Failure.
Jock Ellis
Cumming, GA US of A

Jock Ellis Cumming, GA US of A Georgia Association of Railroad Passengers

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:24 AM

NS=Nazi Southern

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waltersrails

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July 2005
From: CSXT/B&O Flora IL
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Posted by waltersrails on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 12:16 PM

CSX = cheap southern x

I like NS but CSX has the B&O.

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rockisland4309

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October 2003
From: Phoenix
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Posted by rockisland4309 on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 1:02 PM

NS=No Such

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Sterling1

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Posted by Sterling1 on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 2:14 PM

CSX: Cash Short Xtreme
CSX: Commonly S--- Xcuses

"There is nothing in life that compares with running a locomotive at 80-plus mph with the windows open, the traction motors screaming, the air horns fighting the rush of incoming air to make any sound at all, automobiles on adjacent highways trying and failing to catch up with you, and the unmistakable presence of raw power. You ride with fear in the pit of your stomach knowing you do not really have control of this beast." - D.C. Battle [Trains 10/2002 issue, p74.]

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oskar

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Posted by oskar on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 2:49 PM

here's one somebody posted on RRfourms under ''you might be a redneck'' that I posted on the earlier post and I think another one was like that right after the first one

BNSF= Big Naughty Stupid Frighters

kevin

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espeefoamer

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From: West Coast
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Posted by espeefoamer on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:20 PM

C&NW:Cheap & Nothing Wasted
BN: Big Nothing

Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool.

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Anonymous

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April 2003
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 11:48 AM

Here's one that I saw a while back.from the following site:

http://www.modeltraincrossing.com/nicknames.htm

Weatherford,Mineral Wells & Northwestern
"Whiskey,More Whiskey & No Water"

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 2:06 PM

Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh: Bums, Robbers & Pickpockets

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Tim Burton

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April 2005
From: Phoenix, AZ
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Posted by Tim Burton on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:26 PM

DL&W= Delay, Linger, and Wait
Real Name: Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western

http://www.federalist.com

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:53 PM

CSX "Conrail Still eXsist "[:D]

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Grinandbearit

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From: CANADA
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Posted by Grinandbearit on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 8:30 PM

Years ago, there was the "Kingston & Pembroke" ( which only ran to Renfrew) and was commonly known as the "Kick and Push". Absorbed by the CPR and now only a trail through the bush.