Railroad nicknames
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The initials used to identify railroad and railway lines have often been used for humorous, disparaging or slanderous names. In a related category, portmanteaus, such as Amtrak, have also been lampooned.
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| Railroad | Locale | Common abbreviation(s) | Nickname(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amtrak | United States | AMTK | Amcrash[1][2][3][4] Amtrash[2][3][4] Slamtrak[5] |
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | Eastern and midwestern United States | B&O | Beefsteak and Onions[2][3]
Best and Only Beets and Onions |
| BNSF Railway | Western United States | BNSF | Buy Now, Sell Fast[2] Bye Now, Santa Fe[3] Big New Santa Fe[3] Been Nothing Since Frisco[3] Buy Norfolk Southern First[3] Better Not Send Freight[2] |
| Boston and Maine Railroad | Northeastern United States | B&M | Busted and Mangled[3] |
| Buffalo and South Western Railroad | Northeast United States | B&SW | Brandy and Soda Water[6] |
| Burlington Northern Railroad | Northern United States | BN | Big Nothing[2][3][4] |
| Chicago and North Western Railway | Midwest United States | C&NW | Cheap and Nothing Wasted[2][3][4] Can't and Never Will[2][3][4] |
| Chicago Great Western Railroad | Midwest United States | CGW | Great Weedy[2][3][4] |
| Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad | Ohio | CH&D | Charge High and Damn Rough Ride[7] |
| Copper River and Northwestern Railway | Alaska, United States | CR&NW | Can't Run and Never Will[3] |
| CSX Transportation | Eastern United States | CSX CSXT |
Chicken Shit eXpress[2] Conrail's Southern Xtension[4] Crash Spill eXplode Chessie's Still Xperimenting[2][4] |
| Delaware and Hudson Railway | New York, Pennsylvania | D&H | Delay and Hesitate[2][3][4] |
| Delaware, Lackawanna and Western | Hoboken to Buffalo | DL&W | Delay, Linger and Wait[3][4] |
| Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway | Midwestern United States | EJ&E | Egypt, Jerusalem & Elsewhere[2][3][4] Easy Jobs for Everyone[2][3][4] |
| Erie Lackawanna Railway | Eastern United States | EL | Erie Lack-o-Money[2] |
| Gateway Western Railway | Missouri and Illinois | GWWR | Great Wobbly Wobbly[4] |
| Green Bay and Western Railroad | Wisconsin | GB&W | Grab Bags and Walk[8] |
| Guilford Rail System | Northeastern United States | GRS | Guilford Fail System[9] The Big G[10] |
| Halifax and Southwestern Railway | Southern Nova Scotia | H&SW | Hellish, Slow and Wobbly[11] |
| Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad | Northeastern United States | HT&W | Hoot Toot and Whistle[12] |
| Kansas City Southern Railroad | Midwestern and Southern United States | KCS | The Haywire[3][4] |
| Kingston and Pembroke Railway | Eastern Ontario | K&P | Kick and Push[13] |
| London and Port Stanley Railway | Ontario, Canada | L&PS | Liver and Pork Steak[2] |
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad | Southern United States | L&N | Long and Narrow[2][3][4] The Old Reliable[3] |
| Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | New England | MBTA | Mucho Bad Transit Attitude[14] |
| Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway | Midwest | M&StL | Misery and Short Life[15] |
| Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad | Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas | MKT | the Katy[16] |
| Missouri Pacific Railroad | Western United States | MP | The Mop[2][3][4] MoPac[3] |
| Montana Rail Link | Western United States | MRL | Milwaukee Road Lives[4] Monkeys Running Loose[3][4] |
| Norfolk Southern Railway | Eastern United States | NS | Nazi Southern[2] New Southern[3][4] Nomore Steam[2][4] No Service[4] |
| New York, Ontario and Western Railway | New England, United States | O&W | Old and Weary[2][3][4] the Old Woman[2][3][4] |
| New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway | Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York | NYS&W | Now You Sit and Wait[3][4] The Susie Q[17] |
| Pacific Great Eastern Railway | British Columbia | PGE | Prince George Eventually[4] Please Go Easy[4] Province's Greatest Expense[4] Past God's Endurance[4] |
| Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad | Midwestern United States | PFW&C | Paddy Finnigan's Wife and Children[6] |
| Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway | Quebec, Canada | PP&J | Push, Pull and Jerk[18] |
| Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac | Virginia, United States | RF&P | Rich Folks and Pedigrees[2][3][4] Run Fast and Push[2][3][4] |
| St. Louis-San Francisco Railway | Midwestern and Southern United States | SLSF | The Frisco[3][6] |
| Seaboard System Railroad | Eastern United States | SBD | Slowly Breaking Down[3][4] |
| Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | Eastern United States | SEPTA | Society for the Elimination of Public Transit Altogether[2][3][4] |
| Southern Pacific Railroad | Southwest United States | SP | The Friendly Southern Pacific[19] Espee[3][4] Suffering Pathetic[2][3][4] |
| Southern Pacific Santa Fe Railroad | Southwest United States (proposed) | SPSF | Shouldn't Paint So Fast[2][3][4] |
| Staten Island Rapid Transit | Eastern United States | SIRT | Shall I Run Today?[4] |
| Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway | Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada | TH&B | Tramps, Hobos & Bums[3][4] To Hell & Back[3][4] |
| Union Pacific Railroad | Western United States | UP | Under Powered[3][4] Unlimited Parking[2][3][4] Uncle Pete[2][3][4] Union Pathetic[2][4] Utterly Pathetic[4] Onion Pacific[4] |
| Western Pacific Railroad | Western United States | WP | (The) Wobbly[2][3][4] |
| White Pass and Yukon Route | Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia | WP&YR | Wait Patiently, and You'll Ride[2][4] |
See also
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "Other/Nicknames". http://members.tripod.com/mopac1/Nicknames.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao "Railroad Nicknames Sorted by Railroad Name". Railway & Locomotive Historical Society. http://rlhs.org/rlhsnmnk.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at Coleman, Christopher D., compiler (2002-03-01). "Railroad Nicknames". Webville & Hypertext Railroad. http://www.spikesys.com/Trains/nickname.html. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
- ^ "Railroad discussion site run by Amtrak employees". http://www.slamtrak.com/.
- ^ a b c "Nicknames on the Rail" (PDF). New York Times. 1890-12-21. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D0CE2D81E3BE533A25752C2A9649D94619ED7CF&oref=slogin. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
- ^ "Railroads". Ohio History Central. Ohio Historical Society. 2008. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=794. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
- ^ http://www.greenbayroute.com/passes.htm
- ^ "Railroad Photographs of Guilford Rail System / Springfield Terminal". Massroads.com Transportation Images. 2007-05-12. http://massroads.com/gallery.php?railroad=Guilford+Rail+System+/+Springfield+Terminal. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
- ^ "October on Guilford's West End". Railroad Explorer 2 (3). Fall 2002.
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=W1oCp8bKCJAC&lpg=PA71&ots=YOVedeGnuE&dq=Hellish%20Slow%20%26%20Wobbly&pg=PA71#v=onepage&q=Hellish%20Slow%20&%20Wobbly&f=false
- ^ http://www.htandw.com/history.htm
- ^ http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/CPR_Trenton/History_KandP.htm
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20020329103720/http://badtransit.com/
- ^ Charles W Grubb gandy dancer for the M&StL
- ^ Katy Railroad Historical Society
- ^ http://susquehanna.railfan.net/susieq_history.htm
- ^ http://www.heritagepontiac.ca/qohistory.htm
- ^ http://www.american-rails.com/southern-pacific.html
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