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").
Dan
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QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer Central Oregon&Pacific.=Clowns On Railroad Property.
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Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
QUOTE: Originally posted by RudyRockvilleMD CSX = Can't Stand Excursions
QUOTE: Originally posted by 5498cp CNR 1.Chinese National Railway 2.Can not run
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QUOTE: Originally posted by trainheartedguy Wish I had one for CSX, but you can't do much with an X.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by keithland My favorite is also the LOP&G which ran right by my home in Mayo in the 50's & 60's called the Lopin' Gopher. It actually stood for Live Oak , Perry & Gulf.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by smalling_60626 Umm . . . does "crank" have the same meaning in the UK as here? I don't mean "elderly single-issue kook."
QUOTE: Originally posted by artmark QUOTE: Originally posted by trainheartedguy Wish I had one for CSX, but you can't do much with an X. Cheap Sounding Xylophone. Mitch
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QUOTE: Originally posted by AltonFan There used to be a shortline in what is now the northwest suburbs of Chicago called the Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda. The railroad was built late, poorly capitalized, and suffered so many mishaps that the locals called it "the PLZ and Walkback".
I found this topic and I have noticed quite a few about CSX. Here are a few I know.
UP: Unlimited Parking, Utterly Pathetic, Uncle Pete
BNSF: Big Newer Santa Fe. Buy Norfolk Southern Soon
CN: Crooked Noodle, Cheap Nonsense, Come on now and gave back the good railroads!, Cash Now
CSX: Crash Slam Explode (nickname by NS employees)
CP: Cheap Profits
NS: Nobody's Slower, Nonsense Starters (nickname by CSX employees)
WC: We Provide Cool Power to you, Welcome Customers
IC: I want CN out
CNW: Cheap & Nothing Wasted
BNSF= Better Not Start a Family!
UP= Union Pissed
IC= I cant stand CN!
ATSF= A Trashed Silver Failure
WC= We dont need CN
SP= Simply Pathetic
Minneapolis & St. Louis
emmonsaintell
The Louie
Maimed and Still Limping
Midnight and Still Later
The Saint
BNSF
Big Nasty Stupid F***ers
Sorry if any of these is a repeat:
Houston East & West Texas (HEWT) - Hell, either way you take it.
San Diego & Arizona (SD&A) - Slow, dirty, and aggravating.
Minneapolis & St. Louis - Misery and short life.
joemcspadden wrote:My favorite is the term NS employees have used for the engines'boring black and white color scheme: "Roanoke Rainbow."
Strange. I think black and white looks rather elegant on NS.
East Tennessee & West North Carolina (ET&WNC) Eat Taters and Wear No Clothes
Missouri & North Arkansas (M&NA) May Never Arrive
csx - common scence x-perts or common scence x-terminators
ns- no service
L&N - lowdown & nasty
PRR-Pennsylvania Rules the Rails
Ishmael wrote: joemcspadden wrote:My favorite is the term NS employees have used for the engines'boring black and white color scheme: "Roanoke Rainbow."Strange. I think black and white looks rather elegant on NS.East Tennessee & West North Carolina (ET&WNC) Eat Taters and Wear No Clothes . . .
. . .
Dang, Joe, you beat me on the ET&WNC!
But there's a nice one, too: "Exquisite train, and what nice conductors." - a. s.
TP&W.
Two ponies and a wagon.
The P&PU needed no nickname.
guessing that most of the nicknames were coined by fustrated shippers or passengers, it occurs to me much fun Airline passengers could have had this summer, if the airlines were commonly known by initials just like the railroads...
here's ones i know:
MILW: Millions In Losses WeeklyWC: Water ClosetUP: Ugly PatchesBNSF: Buy Norfolk Southern FastNS: Never SucksCSX: Crashing Somewhat eXponentiallyC&NW: Cool & Never WrongCP: Crappy Paintscheme (at least now they do anyway)PC: Problematic CommandersSD60M: Seriously Disgusting 60-series Mutation
Your friendly neighborhood CNW fan.
Has anyone listed:
UP = Unacceptable Polluters
-or-
UP = Unacceptably Polluting
BZ&C=Bellaire,Zanesville & Columbus also called the Bent,Zigzagged & Crooked
which became the
OR&W=Ohio River & Western aka the Old Ricketty & Wobbly
Try,
MRL: Monkeys Running Loose
RJ
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Pan SCAM Railways, or as it was formerly known, Guilford FAIL System. Heck, even some of the locomotives knew the latter nickname:
http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?2005071822570516277.jpg
http://mec407.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=307920
http://mec407.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=308553
(note: These links are from the railroad.net Pan Am/Guilford forums. Got to give credit where credit is due.)
MRL: Milwaukee Road Lives
BR & P: Bums, Robbers, & Pickpockets
MP: the Mop
NP: Nothing Particular
Past tense Midwest:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q) Come Bums & Quick
Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern (BCR&N) Bums Can't Ride North
Chicago & Great Western (C&GW) Cinders, Grass & Weeds
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific (CRI&P) Creaking Rickety and In Pieces
Muscatine Burlington & Southern (MB&S) Maybe By Sunday and after a fatal Mack rail bus wreck that erupted in flames, Many Burned Slowly.
So much to read so here goes, pardon if there's any duplicates...
NS=No Service
NYSW(Susie-Q)=Now You Sit and Wait (referring to long discontinued passenger service)
O&W=Old and Weary
Erie=Weary Erie
CSAO(Conrail Shared Assets)=Can't Service Anyone
And of course the ever so clever reference to our national passenger railroads' tendency to derail= Untrak
techguy57 QUOTE: Originally posted by AltonFan There used to be a shortline in what is now the northwest suburbs of Chicago called the Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda. The railroad was built late, poorly capitalized, and suffered so many mishaps that the locals called it "the PLZ and Walkback". AltonFan- wasn't this the shortline that was originally routed to go through the golf course in Lake Zurich but some of the members claimed exemption by claiming that the part of the course that the track was supposed to run through was the site of three graves or something to that effect. If I remember right, they got the trackage re-routed but no one knows who, if anyone is actually buried in the graves. Mike
AltonFan- wasn't this the shortline that was originally routed to go through the golf course in Lake Zurich but some of the members claimed exemption by claiming that the part of the course that the track was supposed to run through was the site of three graves or something to that effect. If I remember right, they got the trackage re-routed but no one knows who, if anyone is actually buried in the graves. Mike
Wow! I didn't catch this back when it was posted.
According to Whitney's history of the PLZ&W, when the nascent railroad was planning to acquire land from the Lake Zurich Golf Club, some club members who had connections to medical schools acquired four cadavers and buried them on the part of the club that was in the path of the proposed railroad. The cadavers were buried with a tongue-in-cheek ceremony, and a monument was erected. Under the laws in force at the time, this made that part of the golf course a cemetery, and prevented the use of eminent domain to take the property.
A photograph of the monument was published in the Chicago Tribune, and reprinted in Whitney's book. The monument gave names, ethnicities, and religious affiliations for the four cadavers, although given the stereotypical nature of the names of "the dearly departed", I have a feeling that the cadavers were unidentified, and the names made up for public relations purposes.
I doubt the remains have been removed, and I do not know if the monument is still there. I get the impression that the Lake Zurich Golf Club is very, very private, and might not be forthcoming if asked about the graves. As near as I can tell, the only part of the club that is visible from public roads is the entrance way, and none of the course is visible from the road. (A driver might miss the entrance if he wasn't paying attention, and the sign is barely noticeable. IIRC, it only shows some golf clubs, and the letters "LZGC".)
I hope this is still of interest.
WOW what a Blast from the Past. When I first posted this there were no such things as the Schmartphone I am replying to this on.How things have changed. Uncle Pete is still Uncle Pete but CSX no longer means Crash Stop & Xplode but still means Can't Stop &Xplain.
[I love it when an older thread gets revived -- much more sensible, my opinion, than closing one down an opening a new one later on, because it's inefficient and most likely someone will flame or be flamed in the event of a repetition. I put in a reply or two in 2007 and yes, times have changed!]
This one may already exist, but not on this thread: NS = No $#*! (as in, "(Blank) My Dad Says." ...........................................(because they're so business-oriented)
Here's a well-known one, but it's almost history already: BNSF = Buy Norfolk Southern Fast! (Since there is no longer any stock for individuals to buy in the wake of Buffet's outright ownership of BNSF.)
SOOOoooo, here are a few possible alternatives or possibilities, based on the new normal in light of the individual ownership by Warren Buffet of BNSF (and the fact no individual can directly buy shares in BNSF anymore):
BNSF = Buffet Never Sells Freight ................. OR ............................
BNSF = Buffet, (a) N -S*** Financier! ...................................................
BNSF = Buffet, Norfolk Southern Financier??? (not true AFAIK)
................... and its cousin, BNSF = Buffet, Norfolk Southern Follower?
BNSF = But Never Say Forever!
For those of us who still idolize the Warbonnet and Crossbuck BNSF = Badge Not Santa Fe (lost cause). ...
ALSO... BNSF = But Nevermore Santa Fe?
for Diehards..BNSF = Big New Swoosh Fails! (I think I remember this one but am not sure.)
a more modern opposite: BNSF = Big New Swoosh Flying
BNSF = Big New Stacks Flying ... ... OR ... .... BNSF = Big New Stacks Flashing
THIS LAST ONE IS MY PERSONAL FAVORITE Praise based on this past summer's Mo. River flooding:
BNSF = Burlington Never Shirks Floods!
Thanks for hearing me out; except for the nickname "Big New Swoosh Fails" these are all my creation as of today - al smalling (al-in-chgo)
PS: Forgot to mention, vsmith I loved Can't Stop (and) eXplain! Very topical!
Don't also forget about employee nicknames. Almost every rr worker, at some point in time, will be branded a nickname. Some have a meaning, others do not but they can be catchy. Here are some BNSF employee nicknames. Sammy The Bull, George Washington, Edward G. Robinson, Uncle Fester, Dr. Ralph, Biff, Blink 182, Termite, Radio, Pakset Larry, Stormin Norman, Turkey Neck, Spanky, Daisy, Peppermint Pattie, Mr. Peanuts, Schroeder, Homer Simpson, Spounge Bob, Skelton, Lord Of The Rings, Six Track Ernie, Cans, Morgan Freeman, Charles Bronson, McVey, Postal, Right Turn Clyde, Barney Rubble, Harry Potter, Stick, Scare Crow, Stuart Little, Bush's Baked Beans, Mr. 150%, Hey Bud, USA Today, Boot Form, Deputy Dog, Confused, Blue Light Special, Fred Sanford, Get Stompin On Em, Pluto, Little Pluto, Bobcat, Frankstein, Moon Pie, RCD--Remote Control Dummy
Great monikers, all. Exactly the sort of thing we would not choose for ourselves.
Can you say who some of these nicknames belong to without breaking privacy?
(Chris Rock says "Peppermint Pattie" is a ***, but I'm waiting on confirmation on that from Marcie.)
CPR-Can Perform Reliably/ CanPac
CNR-Can Not Run
London & Port Stanley-Lost & Probably Sunk
Lone Geep
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Here's one I don't think has been mentioned
BNSF=Bigger Newer Santa Fe
Acela
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SFbrkmn Don't also forget about employee nicknames. Almost every rr worker, at some point in time, will be branded a nickname. Some have a meaning, others do not but they can be catchy.
Don't also forget about employee nicknames. Almost every rr worker, at some point in time, will be branded a nickname. Some have a meaning, others do not but they can be catchy.
Well, even Casey Jones was originally John Luther Jones, but because there were already a lot of John Joneses on the railroad, he was given the name "Casey" for his hometown (Cayce, Kentucky) to distinguish him from the others.
5498cpTo CP employees is CN the wooden axle outfite
I still hear crews ask for the signal across the diamond at the Wooden Axle.
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