Down in this neck of the woods, F units were always
called "covered wagons" and yes, the railroaders
called the red units "red birds" from the very start.
As far as "black bird", I never haerd the term until
years later, at an early BRHS meeting. All diesels
were called "motors", here also.
John D. Mitchell, Jr.
--- clipperw@EarthLink.net wrote:
> Charlie,
>
> I spent a lot of time around the Q and I think the
> Mechanical and
> operating people just called them all "motors".
> Perhaps, some of the
> folks on this list that worked for the Q can provide
> a better incite.
> In my experience working with RR people over 36
> years, I found that
> many terms, common in railfan jargon, were not used
> by most RR
> employees. My favorite is the term "lash up" for a
> group of locomotives
> coupled and working together. Most RRers used the
> term consist as EMD
> did.
>
> Bill Barber
>
> On Wednesday, February 9, 2005, at 07:25 AM,
> CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 12:02:20 -0600
> > From: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
> > Subject: Re: Cicero diesel facility
> >
> > Joe Legner and I also went to Clyde and obtained a
> small liquid sample
> > of
> > paint. Out of the barrel it was much too dark
> but we didn't figure
> > that
> > out until I received a custom painted set of
> Athearn F7s.... I think
> > the
> > Aluminum Oxide paint had to be sprayed at high
> pressure to achieve the
> > light
> > gray / dark white color of the F Units.
> > Speaking of which, has anybody documented the use
> of the term
> > "graybacks" ?
> > It seems to me that I never heard it before the
> Bulletin article came
> > out..... Are the "grayback", "black bird", and
> "red bird" recent
> > railfan
> > concoctions or were the terms in general use by Q
> employees during the
> > units' service lives?
> > Charlie Vlk
> >
>
>
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