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1. [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com; Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:53:55 -0500 (EST); Following up on the recent thread regarding stories and nicknames...Here's one that just came to mind today..It came from a book "Life on the Head End" by P.M. Adams...a Canadian National or Pacific; /archives/BRHSLIST/2012-12/msg00301.html (11,769 bytes)
2. Re: [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:53:57 -0800 (PST); Yes, Pete I remember Hadochol. They used to say it got it's name because, "They had a call it something". The principle ingredient was ethyl alcohol, which made it popular it areas that were "dry". W; /archives/BRHSLIST/2012-12/msg00305.html (15,639 bytes)
3. Re: [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com; Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:13:19 -0500 (EST); Thanks John...I made up a like list a few years ago and, hopefully I can find it now that I reallly want it. Pete Yes, Pete I remember Hadochol. They used to say it got it's name because, "They had a; /archives/BRHSLIST/2012-12/msg00308.html (15,938 bytes)
4. Re: [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 05:53:03 -0800 (PST); Thanks John...I made up a like list a few years ago and, hopefully I can find it now that I reallly want it. Pete Yes, Pete I remember Hadochol. They used to say it got it's name because, "They had; /archives/BRHSLIST/2012-12/msg00309.html (17,526 bytes)
5. Re: [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: archie hayden <klinerarch@charter.net>; Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:34:38 -0600; __._,_.___ Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use Unsubscr; /archives/BRHSLIST/2012-12/msg00311.html (18,295 bytes)
6. RE: [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:23:36 -0600; Steve- Since my father-in-law worked as a clerk (my wife says “bookkeeper”) in the Cicero Office…….did you know Aloysius Grodek? He would have been working there c.1970. Charl; /archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00236.html (14,197 bytes)
7. RE: [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:41:41 -0800 (PST); Golly, Charlie, you don't have enough letters in your name and your father-in-law has too many! I'm just kidding you, of course. John -- On Tue, 1/15/13, Charlie Vlk <cvlk@comcast.net> wrote: From: C; /archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00239.html (13,990 bytes)
8. Re: [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:05:34 -0800 (PST); Sorry Charlie. I have heard the name but too much water over the dam to remember it. And I did not know may of the clerks at Cicero anyway Steve in SC __._,_.___ Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! I; /archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00240.html (14,284 bytes)
9. Re: [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com; Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:03:47 -0500 (EST); The Czech language had a dearth of vowels which always fascinated me...My wife, being of that same heritage had folks in her home town with sir names like..Vrb, Trz, Srb, Brt etc. and given names lik; /archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00241.html (15,606 bytes)
10. Re: [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com; Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:56:20 -0500 (EST); Charlie...sounds like a man of the Czechoslovakian Persuasion...My wife who was of that same heritage had an uncle Aloysius and Grodek sounds a bit on the Czech side. Pete Steve Since my father-in-la; /archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00242.html (15,827 bytes)
11. Re: [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:36:11 -0800 (PST); Here in coal country, we had all of the Eastern European names. The Czechs all had names that needed letters and the Poles all had letters in their names that they didn't need! It was always fun on t; /archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00243.html (16,702 bytes)
12. Re: [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: Charlie Vlk <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:57:29 -0600; The Czech language had a dearth of vowels which always fascinated me...My wife, being of that same heritage had folks in her home town with sir names like..Vrb, Trz, Srb, Brt etc. and given names li; /archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00244.html (17,065 bytes)
13. RE: [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:28:48 -0600; Pete- Actually, Grodek is Polish and means Gate. Vlk is Czech/Bohemian/Slovak and is the Indo-European root word for all the words that mean Wolf. Perhaps the Q had too many of us working for it wh; /archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00248.html (14,677 bytes)
14. Re: [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com; Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:13:05 -0500 (EST); A few year ago "Click" and "Clack" the "Tappet Brothers" on "Car TAlk" on NPR...two of the funniest guys I've ever llistened to conducted an ongoing campaign to solict "Vowels to be imported to Bosni; /archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00249.html (18,247 bytes)
15. Re: [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: "Karl" <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:55:01 -0600; Some loyal followers of this didactic chronicle of railroad happenins' may recognize a few of these oft used aliases once common in conversations and radio transmissions on the C&I. Some were applied; /archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00252.html (12,536 bytes)
16. Re: [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:13:17 -0800 (PST); __._,_.___ Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use Unsubscr; /archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00253.html (13,995 bytes)
17. Re: [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:22:15 -0800 (PST); One guy was "sweet tatter" and he would get fighting mad when anyone call him that! -- On Wed, 1/16/13, Karl <qrailroadman@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Karl <qrailroadman@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Ra; /archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00254.html (15,114 bytes)
18. Re: [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com; Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:23:12 -0500 (EST); Sounds reasonable to me Charlie...Here's a few more I remember...then we better stop before the "topic police" get us. Trouba (fool)...Husa (goose)...Pitlik (a little sack)...Sutzik ( something that; /archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00255.html (15,464 bytes)
19. Re: [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com; Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:38:19 -0500 (EST); Somebody has probably mentioned it before, but it needs to be pointed out that "Nicknames were FOREVER"...Nobody ever forgot and no mercy was ever shown...If you didn't have a tough hide you were in; /archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00257.html (13,859 bytes)
20. [CBQ] Railroad nicknames (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:20:41 -0500; Karl's list seems to be centered on one class of service. Here are few from the other operating class....Double Deck,peaches,9 grand,rocket,whale,the grand pubbah,tinnie,socko,big foot,bull chain,cra; /archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00267.html (10,931 bytes)

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