Have fun with your trains
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 . . .
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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
"Something hidden, Go and find it. Go and look behind the ranges, Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go." The Explorers - Rudyard Kipling
http://sweetwater-photography.com/
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.
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