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"Wabash" for a long time was old railroad slang for an error or goof up. To "Wabash" a car was to fail to push it past the clearance point in the yard and to corner it with a car on the next track. To "Wabash" an air hose was to put the gasket in the gladhand upside down. The Wabash had a reputation for sorry railroaders! From: "'Rupert & Maureen' gamlenz@ihug.co.nz [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 11:48 PM Subject: [CBQ] Burlington employees While we are singing the praises of Burlington employees,
another Railroad Gazette clip from 1881 -
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy has perhaps the best
blood in its ranks, and perhaps,
too, it has exercised more care in selecting its men. The men on the Wabash system are less intelligent, but there is a wide-awake interest in their business, which we regret to say does not seem to exist on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. ….. nowhere in the west is there more listlessness, and, I judge, want of professional interest than on some parts of this road. Rupert Gamlen Auckland NZ __._,_.___ Posted by: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com> __,_._,___ |