Uncomplimentary Railroad Nicknames

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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FWIW, it was DL&W, not D&LW for Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, aka the “Delay, Linger & Wait.”

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[oops] It must be my dyslexia kikin in.

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Tallulah Falls – TF – Total failure

SOU – Studdering RR

N&W – Not worth it

ET&WNC – Every time we’ll not crawl

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NYO&W - “Old and Weary,” “Old Woman”

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During one of Union Pacific’s meltdowns during the last boom in rail traffic I heard:

Unlimited Parking

Jack

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My favorite has always been the Waco, Beaumont, Trinity & Sabine Railroad…“Wobble, Bobble, Turnover & Stop”

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EL…Erie Lack-o-maintenance

EJE…Evening Jobs for Everyone

CR…Congressional Rail

D&H…Dilapidated and Hemorrhaging

B&M…Bowel Movement (i think I can say that?)

GM&O…Grease, Mud, and Oil

B&O…Body Odor

CM&I…Center of Mother@&%!$ Illinois

ATSF…Always Trying Something Funny

M&SL…Missed St. Louis

WP…Wasting Profits

GB&W…Going Broke Waiting

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CN = Cartoon Network

FEC = Flog (or use another word) Employees Constantly

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CN = Canadian Nazi
NS = Nazi Southern
LS&I = Latest Stupid Idea
UP = Utterly Pathetic
SP = Stupidly Pathetic

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PGE also referred to as the Please Go Easy

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Here is one for Vancouver Islands E&N…Everythings Neglected

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CRI&P = Cry & pee.

UP = Uncle Pete

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Although not UNIVERSALLY ;known as uncomplimentary. The Winchestere & Western (Nee Winchester & Wardensville), the W&W has been the “Weak and Weary” for as long as I remember. (Retired from WW in 2005.) The Western Maryland was fondly remembered as “Wild Mary”, though I don’t know why. J W Hood

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Also forgot 'till the first was sumitted: From my days as an agent for a connecting shortline–CSXT: Cars Sometimes, eXcept Today. J W Hood

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UP=Usually Parked

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CSX = Crashin’ Smashin’ eXpress

BNSF = Boring New Santa Fe

UP = Unwanted Pricks

NS = Notorius Suckers

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ET&WNC = Eat Taters & Wear No Clothes

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I have never heard anyone mention the Peoria and Pekin Union, but I have been somewhat amused by a possible pronunciation of the abbreviated name.

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Old one:

Nevada County Narrow Gauge = Never Come. Never Go

A rather lame nick that I came up with

San Diego Northern RR = Sex, Drugs, No Rock & Roll

  • Erik
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I heard they decided on BNSF instead of SFBN so they could say Big, New, Shiny FRISCO or Big New Santa Fe instead of Same Fleabag Burlington Northern!

CSX = Chicken Scratch Express

NS = No Steam

NYO & W = New, Young & Out of Work

O & W = Old & Wobbly

D & RGW = Dumb & Raggedy Goats Wobbling