While working on the PRR/PC and C&O/Chessie I picked these odd terms..These may have been local or widely used.
PRR/PC
1.Mr.Knuckle Buster-A engineer whose train handling is less then desirable.
2.Expert conductor-A yardmaster that tells the conductor how to switch cars and what cuts to make and where.
3.To-to-This referred to a locomotive that was TO old-TO worn out.
4.White shirts-Office worker car clerks etc
5.Stuffed shirts-Upper management.
6.Traffic muller-Dispatcher.
7CTM-Chief Traffic Muller-Chief Dispatcher.
8.Liers rug.Being called into the division superintendents office to give account of a accident or other rule infraction.
9.Fixure Fireman.This was a fireman that was a qualified engineer but remained a fireman on the extra board at his own choice.
10.Rule Bender-A conductor that would bend the rules to get the work done and would make high risk moves.
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On the C&O/Chessie
1.Litter box-A engine house/service tracks.
2.Cat's Whiskers-The MU hoses on a Chessie unit.So called because of the cats head on the end of the hood.
3.Cats meow-The locomotive horns on a Chessie unit.
4.Feather bedder-Employee that would take a nap while on duty.
5.Junker-Any GE U boat.
6.A duct tape queen-A older unit that had a history of breaking down.
7.Work mules-GP7/9s.
8.Scenery-A pretty woman in a car waiting for the train to past.The engineer would radio the caboose and tell them to check the scenery.
9.Railroader wanna be-A railfan.
10.Preacher-A no nonsense conductor that goes by the rules.
PRR/PC
1.Mr.Knuckle Buster-A engineer whose train handling is less then desirable.
2.Expert conductor-A yardmaster that tells the conductor how to switch cars and what cuts to make and where.
3.To-to-This referred to a locomotive that was TO old-TO worn out.
4.White shirts-Office worker car clerks etc
5.Stuffed shirts-Upper management.
6.Traffic muller-Dispatcher.
7CTM-Chief Traffic Muller-Chief Dispatcher.
8.Liers rug.Being called into the division superintendents office to give account of a accident or other rule infraction.
9.Fixure Fireman.This was a fireman that was a qualified engineer but remained a fireman on the extra board at his own choice.
10.Rule Bender-A conductor that would bend the rules to get the work done and would make high risk moves.
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On the C&O/Chessie
1.Litter box-A engine house/service tracks.
2.Cat's Whiskers-The MU hoses on a Chessie unit.So called because of the cats head on the end of the hood.
3.Cats meow-The locomotive horns on a Chessie unit.
4.Feather bedder-Employee that would take a nap while on duty.
5.Junker-Any GE U boat.
6.A duct tape queen-A older unit that had a history of breaking down.
7.Work mules-GP7/9s.
8.Scenery-A pretty woman in a car waiting for the train to past.The engineer would radio the caboose and tell them to check the scenery.
9.Railroader wanna be-A railfan.
10.Preacher-A no nonsense conductor that goes by the rules.
