What are your Favorite Railroad Nicknames?

[Anonymous]

TP&W had many;
Take Pride and Walk, Take Patience and Wait, Two Ponies and Wagon, Tired, Poor and Weary, Tried Proven and Willing, The Peoria Way, and my favorite Take Paper & Wipe.

[Anonymous]

"Cold Hungry & Naked" - Charlotte Harbor & Nothern, and "Missing & Still Lost"-M&StL
are 2 of the better I've heard. I'm always hearing "Crash Spill & eXplode" and "Can Someone eXplain This" for my local road.
RayE

[GDRMCo]

NYC no you can't
PRR perfect RR power RR
CSX cheap suckers xpress
BNSF but not saftey first
BCR big cheap rail
EL excursion land
IC interurban c---
SSW south shore wailways
UP Uncle Pete U pee
SP ESPEE
C&S cr__ & sh__

[cpbloom]

Only 3 I heard not seen here:

NS = Nazi Southern

BNSF = Buy Norfolk Southern Fast!

BNSF = Burlington Needs Santa Fe

[jchnhtfd]

I've always rather liked the one for the St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County, up in northern Vermont...
St. Jesus and Late Coming
for very good reasons...

[locomutt]

B & O Had a cat also; BESSIE
I would put the NF&G down,but the only nickname
I know would be quite[censored] And that is by the
people who worked there,also some very close friends.


locomutt[censored]

[Anonymous]

CNR
1.Chinese National Railway
2.Can not run

[Anonymous]

CNW Crimnals Now Working
BN BIG NOTHING
BNSF Buy Norfork Southern Fast
UP Utterley Pathoetic
ACL Another Crushed Load

[Anonymous]

LP&G.....around 30's in Florida....Live Oak, Perry, & Gainesville Line known as the
Lopin' Gopher

[Anonymous]

LOP&G..... Sorry...forgot the 'O'
Lopin' Gopher

[joseph2]

A 1920 Indiana shortline was named the Chicago,Bluffton and Cincinatti.Locals nicknamed it the Corned Beef and Cabbage.Erie Lackawanna was Weary and Lackin Wampum.

[espeefoamer]

D&RGW.=Derailments&Really Good Wrecks.[:D]

[RudyRockvilleMD]

ACL = Another Cushioned Load
B&O = Best and Only
BNSF = Big New Santa Fe
CSX = Can't Stand Excursions
DL&W = Delay Linger & Wait
Erie = EErie
NYNH & H = No Use, No Hope & Heartless
NYC = No Yuse Complaining
PRR = Punk Rotten Rough
RF&P = Rich Folks and Pedigrees

[Anonymous]

I'll add for the Rock Island : The "Rockety I "for its track work

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by RudyRockvilleMD

CSX = Can't Stand Excursions

I Agree. They're canceling Brunswick's Excursion on MARC thats gone on since around 1989.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 5498cp

CNR
1.Chinese National Railway
2.Can not run

Hahahahahahahahaha!

[Anonymous]

CPR

Canadian Pride Railway

[rixflix]

Yazoo Delta / The Yellow Dog

Knock either term into your search engine for details.
Captain Video aka Rixflix

[jeffhergert]

One I read years ago for the AT&SF, Ate Tamales & Spit Fire.
UP= Unlimited Parking.

[Anonymous]

NS--Nazi Southern

[Anonymous]

More:
BNSF=Been nowhere someplace foreign
UP=Useless Prices
CSX=Can't Stand Extras
BN=Buying Nothing

[Anonymous]

CR=Cool Railroad
D&RGW=Dumb & Really Gone Wild
GB&W= Go Broke & Worthless
RDG=Real Dumb Guys
PC=Predicting Corporate[trouble]

[Anonymous]

Then there's that railroad that never existed......Shouldn't Paint So Fast (SPSF)....because certain locomotives were repainted for the merger that never was!

~Ra'akone

[enr2099]

My favorites:

CPR:
Canadian Pathetic Railway
Cheapy Rail
Sleepy-R
Sleepy-Rail
Crappy Pathetic Rail System (CPRS)
Cheapee Ragamuffins or rail

Misc.
Crash National Railway
Please Go Easy
Prince George Eventually
Route of the Rusty Rail(Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway)
VIA Snail

[Anonymous]

How about these:
"NS the menace"
"Amslack"

And no, "Conrail" is not the sequel to "ConAir"!

[Anonymous]

I thought I would add this one for a Texas fallen flag:

WBT & S: Waco, Beaumont, Trinity, & Sabine

Wobbily, Bobbily, Turn Over & Stop

[Anonymous]

How about...


Amcrap

There must be more For CN out there....

[Rick Gates]

CSX = Cranked, Steamed, Xenophobic! [}:)]

[Anonymous]

CN CROOKES AND NARCOTIS

[Anonymous]

To CP employees is CN the wooden axle outfite