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What are your Favorite Railroad Nicknames?

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wctransfer
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Posted by wctransfer on Sunday, July 10, 2005 5:33 PM
CNR
Cant No one Ride

CNW
Crews Never Workin

WC
We Can

NS
Next Sold
None Slower
Nicer Stopped

BLE
Bought Lotsa Espee
Been Leavin Early
Bought Leftover Engines

GBW
Guys Being Reckless

GN
Great Nothin

CP
Cash Please
Cant Provide

CGW
Can Grow Weeds
Chicago Great Weedy

IC
I Cant

GTW
Got Them Workin









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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 10, 2005 4:16 PM
And then before the SP/up merge?.........

Suffer'n Pacific.

Virlon
save your ticket.... the P.E. will rise again.
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CopCarSS
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Posted by CopCarSS on Saturday, July 9, 2005 8:47 PM
One of the very few that I've heard of that wasn't too derrogatory:

CB&Q: Cheapest, Best and Quickest

-Chris
West Chicago, IL
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Junctionfan
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Posted by Junctionfan on Saturday, July 9, 2005 5:34 PM
Penn Central-Park n Crash
Andrew
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 9, 2005 5:04 PM
Gateway Western as the Weebly Wobbly. Fit that one well.
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 9, 2005 3:33 PM
GM&O-Go More Often
CRI&P-Come Right in and P
SP-SF-Shouldn've Painted So Fast

Mitch
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 9, 2005 3:29 PM
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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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 9, 2005 2:30 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by trainheartedguy

Wish I had one for CSX, but you can't do much with an X.


The good ole' folks at MRR forums came up with some pretty good ones:
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=-1&TOPIC_ID=39890&REPLY_ID=413375#413375

You have to get about halfway down the first page before the silly ones pop up.
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traingeek087
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Posted by traingeek087 on Monday, July 4, 2005 12:18 AM
Union Pacific, as said by Amtrak - Unlimited Parking
Rid'n on the city of New Orleans................
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 3, 2005 11:10 PM
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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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 16, 2004 9:22 PM
SP: Superior Performers, Sqashing Pumpkins, Speed Punks

Jay
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 16, 2004 9:12 PM
CNR

Cooks and Numbskulls Railway
Crooks and nobrains RR
Conquer and Nullify Railway
Clumsy nutheads RR

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 16, 2004 12:43 PM
To CP employees is CN the wooden axle outfite
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 20, 2004 4:31 PM
CN CROOKES AND NARCOTIS
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Rick Gates
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Posted by Rick Gates on Friday, February 20, 2004 4:28 PM
CSX = Cranked, Steamed, Xenophobic! [}:)]
Railroaders do it on steel
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 20, 2004 2:20 PM
How about...


Amcrap

There must be more For CN out there....
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 19, 2004 11:39 PM
I thought I would add this one for a Texas fallen flag:

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

Wobbily, Bobbily, Turn Over & Stop
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 8:04 PM
How about these:
"NS the menace"
"Amslack"

And no, "Conrail" is not the sequel to "ConAir"!
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enr2099
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Posted by enr2099 on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 6:50 PM
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
Tyler W. CN hog
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 14, 2004 9:43 PM
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
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 14, 2004 4:45 PM
CR=Cool Railroad
D&RGW=Dumb & Really Gone Wild
GB&W= Go Broke & Worthless
RDG=Real Dumb Guys
PC=Predicting Corporate[trouble]
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 14, 2004 4:41 PM
More:
BNSF=Been nowhere someplace foreign
UP=Useless Prices
CSX=Can't Stand Extras
BN=Buying Nothing
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 14, 2004 4:33 PM
NS--Nazi Southern
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jeffhergert
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Posted by jeffhergert on Saturday, February 14, 2004 12:37 PM
One I read years ago for the AT&SF, Ate Tamales & Spit Fire.
UP= Unlimited Parking.
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rixflix
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Posted by rixflix on Friday, February 13, 2004 8:24 AM
Yazoo Delta / The Yellow Dog

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

rixflix aka Captain Video. Blessed be Jean Shepherd and all His works!!! Hooray for 1939, the all time movie year!!! I took that ride on the Reading but my Baby caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 7:53 AM
CPR

Canadian Pride Railway

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 7:52 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by 5498cp

CNR
1.Chinese National Railway
2.Can not run




Hahahahahahahahaha!
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:42 PM
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.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:37 PM
I'll add for the Rock Island : The "Rockety I "for its track work
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RudyRockvilleMD
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Posted by RudyRockvilleMD on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 9:32 PM
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

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