Another use for "Wabashing" was to put an air hose gasket in upside down (it
was easier to fit that way). It worked fine until the car was uncoupled, then
instead of separating at the gladhand, it pulled one or the other of the hoses
off. Hopefully, another crew uncoupled it, but sometimes the same crew got
"Wabashed".
--- On Mon, 2/15/10, Kenneth Martin <kmartin537@surewest.net> wrote:
From: Kenneth Martin <kmartin537@surewest.net>
Subject: [CBQ] Wabashing was Re:Dutch Drop
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, February 15, 2010, 6:59 PM
Pete,
>From "A Treasury of Railroad Folklore" p308. Just before a "Q"
strike(no date given) 'Bill' a drunken savage foreman of the Bridge
Terminal (affiliated with the Wabash) in E. St. Louis was given a
string of cars to get to the "Q" before midnight when the gate would be
closed. Well the yard was full, so Bill had his hogger back up getting
slack then had him come forward pushing all of them in spilling cars
all over the place.
The next day Bill was fired and demanded to know why. When shown a
letter from the Q he stormed out cursing and frothing at the mouth.
"I'll sue 'em for that, so help me, I'll make 'em weep over that word.
There ain't no such damned word anyway-they reported me for "Wabashing
that transfer track. Who the he** heard of Wabashin' cars?"
It seams a chief clerk in the Q yard had seen it and reported "Last
night some crew filled our yard with cars, piled 'em all over the yard,
so that the wrreker will be busy for a month clearing up the mess. It
was a Wabash stunt." And with that the term got started.
Ken Martin
Jpslhedgpeth@ aol.com wrote:
>While your at it Charlie...Look up the source of "Wabash" as a term....not
>just a railroad name. I'll let you know if you get the right answer.
>
>Pete
>
>
>
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