Pete:
Steam engine days, people working the "head-end" had grips made out of metal.
I still have two of my fathers. That way, they wouldn't burn up or
catch on fire. I still remember him going to work with his metal grip, shovel,
and water can (for drinking). O. W. Wells
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From: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Grip
You guys are all to young to remember when everybody called their "suitcase"
a grip. It's reallly not a reailroad term, although no self respecting
railroad man in days gone by would refer to his "traveling case" as a
"suitcase"...it was a GRIP..
In one of the Truman biographies..I think it was David McCulough's TRUMAN ;it
was reported that, on the morning after his arrival in Independence, MO (by
train), the president was out for his morning "consitutionsional. and was, or
course, besiged by reporters...One of them asked him this question..."" Mr.
President, what was the first thing you did when you got home from
Washington..."In characteristice Truman speak, the president replied..." I
took the GRIPS up to the attic"...In another bio the biographer, reporting this
same incident quoted Mr. T as saying...I took the "suitcases" up to the
attic"...I know what he really said and it wasn't "suitcases"....
My grandfather was cut from the same material as Mr. Truman (born just three
years before HST) and he always referred to his "GRIP".....as did all railroad
men and most other.
Pete-----Original Message-----
From: teb2771@earthlink.net <teb2771@earthlink.net>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, 22 May 2007 2:26 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Grip
We have chuckled at this term's demise recently, too. Most railroaders used
to
arry a grip as their travel luggage - a squat, wide bag with handle at top
that
sometimes) has a metal piece along each opening at the top and half-way down
he ends so that it opens to the same size opening as its floor. Old photos
show
ngineers, conductors, etc., leaving their trains with such a bag. Bet you
can't
ven find one at a luggage shop today. Tom Burg
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ubject: Re: [CBQ] Grip
Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
ain Entry: 1grip
ronunciation: ‚grip
unction: transitive verb
nflected Form: gripped ; grip£ping
tymology: Middle English grippen, from Old English grippan; akin to Old
nglish grˆpan
ate: before 12th century
1 : to seize or hold firmly
: to hold the interest of strongly ²a story that grips the reader³
€“grip£per noun
€“grip£ping£ly \‚gri-piÅ -l‡\ adverb
Main Entry: 2grip
unction: noun
ate: before 12th century
1 a : a strong or tenacious grasp b : strength in gripping c : manner or
tyle of gripping
a : a firm tenacious hold typically giving control, mastery, or
nderstanding b : mental grasp
: a part or device for gripping
: a part by which something is grasped; especially : handle
: suitcase
: stagehand
Also listed is key grip and pistol grip
Hope this helps?
ohn
In a message dated 5/22/2007 5:31:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
bq682@grics.net writes:
Just hired on the BNSF yesterday as a conductor trainee. I've heard the term
grip" many times in the past and understand what it means. I realize that
t is a term that has been used for decades. Was this originally a CB&Q term?
ow did it come about? Anyone know?
R.W. Brown, Jr.
alesburg, IL
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