How many times have you used an expression or heard another person use a particular expression or cliche and wonder "where did that one originate? Here's a possibility for an analogy used by railroad
Ken Thanks for completing my definition with the WABASHING...I am familiar with the origin of the term and thought about definining it, but thought that most would be familiar with the term....Shows
RE: questions from non railroader Received his time.....got fired Close the gate...line the switch back 75 cars....how could he not know??''''That's the point...he did, but he did it anyway. The stor
John et al "Wabashing" an air hose is a "trick" I was never taught, nor have I seen or experienced it.... Guess that part of my education is not complete... Pete [Non-text portions of this message ha
Well it's been a couple of days so here goes another one for Leo, Karl, Bob and any other train service guys....I'll include appropriate definitions for clarity for the uninitiated. THE HOGHEAD'S LAS
More Clarifications Give a Yank....Jerk the train after it's stopped. Drawhead...synonym for drawbar..or coupler....Indicates the whole mechanism in contrast to just the knuckle (The part of the coup
Jan and Myron get the prize for correctly identifying the "medium".as Karl politely put it...I was trying to think of a "clever" way to phrase it, but you guys took care of it. For the record...I nev
Karl Truth is better than fiction most any time...That's one of your best ones yet.. Someone once said...."Brevity is the soul of wit".... Think I'll use this one too...it's too good to pass up. Pete
Val You must have missed Jon and Myron's correct answers... You are making it too complicated...a much easier "solution" is within you. Pete [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Jan: I'm not much of a philosopher or "mature" enough to give a real good answer to your question regarding "animosity vs fun"....However...the "great gulf fixed" between trainmen and enginemen seems
John M. I just finished writing my response and saw yours...Think I would agree with you re engineers being much harder to get along with than conductors. I'll put on a couple of examples soon...My s
Another little torment which switchmen would do to engineers in steam days was to "saw" a switch. That involved: After a cut was pulled out of a yard track and the engineer had "horsed her over" to g
Speaking of nicknames....;how about we throw out a few of our favorites. I made a list a few years ago and published it in our local railfans club newsletter. I realize that some are un printable, bu
Karl and listers: Here's a couple to start with. Before we start this little exercise here's an item I saw a few years ago in TRAINS...I don't have it here now, but it said something like. "Points fo
Check Ed Deroin's book TRACKSIDE AROUND CHICAGO...I don't have it here, but I seem to remember an odd named railroad over in Hammond with a steam engine...This might be not evern close, but it just p
Int the recent conversations re the above there was mention of an obscure RR which served only to handle slag ballast...I mentioned one from memory from Ed DeRouin's TRACKSIDE AROUND CHICAGO. Having
Seems like I recall a Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine article on the Midland many years ago..I might have it among my "stuff"..which I'm trying to get organized...If it surfaces I'll put it on here.
Looking through some of my "stuff" today, I came across an old Freight Bill Printed on the upper right hand portion of the form was THE Q THANKS YOU. I have seen many of these forms in years gone by,