Train nicknames

[Renovo PPR]

I think every railroad had a few extra nicknames. What are the ones you remember?

Growing up in Pennsylvania we had some great names for the Penn Central which any real PRR fan would shoot when they saw the engines going down the track.

Parked Cars
Pathetic Connection
Penniless Central
Penn Centless
Perfect Chaos
Political Charade
Permanently Corrupt

 

[Ralph]

I've heards a couple of those before! The third one is my favorite!
Ralph

 

[TruckLover]

I know that there are many for UP (all or most of which are bad and make UP look bad) and I won't be saying any for UP because I model UP/CNW and BNSF :mrgreen:

 

[Renovo PPR]

You can't spell stUPid without UP.

Sorry I couldn't help it, this was the first thing I thought of.

 

[TruckLover]

lol, think I heard that one before. There was a hole list I started to read on another forum about UP and it's nicknames and I couldn't even make it to even the 3rd post on the page before I had to click back

 

[Jim Krause]

and then there's the British Columbia, government owned railroad of years past. The PGE (Pacific Great Eastern) known to the BC taxpayers as Peoples Greatest Expense.

 

[Dave Flinn]

Well, if you want to go back to the fallen flags, how about Delay, Linger and Wait; Old and Weary; and Leaky Valley, just for a start. I'm sure there are lots more; they just aren't coming to mind at the moment.

 

[Renovo PPR]

Deleware, Lackawanna and Western

?

Lehigh Valley

 

[Renovo PPR]

Ontario & Western Railway?

 

[60103]

Way back when they were building it and taking a long time, the PGE was called "Prince George Eventually".
TH&B was "To Hell and Back"
The L&NE (either Lehigh and New England or London and North Eastern) naturally became "Late and Never Early"
The Kingston and Pembroke was the "Kick and Push"

 

[Ralph]

Ontario & Western Railway?

Yep, the NY Ontario & Western Also known as the Old and Wobbly.

 

[NP 1364]

Unlimited Parking ,from a friend of mine who works for UP
Big Nothing
Big Nusance