Railroad nicknames origins and such

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And how have we missed the D&RGW – the Dangerous and Rapidly Getting Worse 

EdKing

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For years I have always known L&N as – Lost and neglected

Stephen Rineair

 

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Some of the ones I have heard over the years.

 

Conrail - Corn-rail

 

CSX - Crash, Smash & eXplode; Commodity Spilling eXperts, Chicken (or Cat) Sh.. eXpress

 

BNSF - Buy Norfolk Southern Fast, Buy Norfolk Southern Fast, Big Nothing Super Flush 

 

BN -Big Nothin', Green Weenies

 

CP - Caribou Poo, Caribou Pi$$

 

L&N - Long & Nasty

 

C&NW - Cheap, & Northing Wasted

 

Milw Rd. - America's Resource-less

 

Soo Line - Sewage

 

UP - Unlimited Parking, Useless P (anatomical part), the Borg, 

 

Regards,
Russ Goodwin

Oakwood, GA

 


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And the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific was the Come right in and P***

EdKing

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Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 7:59 AM 
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On 9/5/2018 1:42 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:

> And this one should be on everyone's lips:
>
> CSX - Crash, Smash and eXplode 

How true, that happens often enough!

Jimmy Lisle
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