Charlie and Others:
I have heard Q employees use the terms ":graybacks'" and
"redbirds" in reference to F units or GP20 (plus) motors. The
third term, "blackbird" is, to my understanding, strictly a railfan
generated nickname.
Ed
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@c...> wrote:
> Aha! Last minute returns saying the term "Redbirds" was used
on the railroad
> but not "Graybacks", at least in the Southern Illinois coal
fields.... any
> votes for "Blackbird" before the polls close???
> Charlie Vlk
>
> "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."
> John D. Mitchell, Jr.
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