Railroad Terms Used in Common Speech

[ezdays]

Alright, the secret woid is "run"....stooges8

 

[scubadude]

"Picking up the slack"
"Bells and whistles"
"Chugging along"

 

[scubadude]

I forgot...."backtrack"

 

[scubadude]

Alright, the secret woid is "run"....stooges8

This is no way to run a railroad!announce1

 

[MCL_RDG]

Has anyone used, "He's come off the rails"?

 

[scubadude]

How about "tunnel vision".....

 

[McGilliCutty]

Give'm the 'ol runaround.

 

[Pitchwife]

Here's one that you fine upstanding moral folks haven't come up with, "The Red Light District." Named from the conductor's red lantern hanging outside while he was "otherwise occupied ops: ops:" inside. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[ezdays]

This is no way to run a railroad!announce1

Bingo :thumb: :thumb: I told you that one word would give it away.....:mrgreen:

 

[RonP]

What a great thread funny thing is i posted something about this about 5 seconds ago lol.

Except i was looking for modeling sayings.

 

[Kanawha]

"Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train."
Thats always been a favorite. So optimistic. lol

 

[RobertInOntario]

How about, to "blow off steam" or "letting off steam".

Rob

 

[Pitchwife]

What a great thread funny thing is i posted something about this about 5 seconds ago lol.

Except i was looking for modeling sayings.

Would that be something like "size doesn't matter"? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[MadModeler]

Unless I missed it in the thread:

"End of the line" as in, "My car is at the end of the line".

 

[MemphisBuster]

What about Standard Time?

 

[Pitchwife]

What about Standard Time?

Or Time Zones which were established by the railtoads.