Railroaders . . . . . . . .?

Question

Railroaders are a pretty crusty lot and have some uhhhh, "salty" language and expressions. List some of your favorites: one of mine is "that so and so couldn't switch an elephant out of a herd of sheep"

Answer 1

What signal?

Answer 2

She was so ugly .......she'd make a train take a dirt road!

Like the trolley man said to the kid...."they never gave me one that didn't fit the tracks"!

PRR....Pretty Rough Ride

Answer 3

Bob listed the old SP motto ...the uphill slow downhill fast one.

For the UP i like they couldn't run a toy train around a christmas tree.

He couldn't switch a tank car out of a string of boxcars

One i like to wake conductors up is...I have no idea what color that last signal was....do you?

Answer 4

Ha to Rango................

Arguing with a Dispatcher is like wrestling a pig in the mud. After a while, you realize the pig likes it.

It would take a shovel to pry that Conductor out of his seat.

Maintenece of Way Department is called "Maintenence in the Way".

(Conductor speaking) It was a typical trip with Engineer________.  Spent the whole time having to lie down on the floor and hanging on.

That last joint was so hard, the couplers are fused together.

The Brakeman forgot to lace-up a hose. And we spent half an hour dumping air all over the ground.

1st Railroader; The Company is going to install a Rumor Hotline phone right there on the wall, so we can varify any rumors going around.  They claim that we start and spread rumors all the time.

2nd Railroader; Yeah, I heard that once.

Train Master; Please Sir, we do not encourage people riding trains, and this is private property. There's a homeless shelter downtown.

Man; Hey, I work for this dam railroad!

Engineer;  The bridge at mile post 57.5 is so old and spindly - I slow down before I get to it - run across the bridge - and if the train makes it over - I jump back on.

Answer 5

Of a Dispatcher:  "He couldn't dispatch two fleas across a dog's butt without puttin' one of 'em in the hole."

Yard Definition:  "A system of tracks surrounded by a high board fence, inhabited and run by a tribe of natives who refuse to let any trains enter or depart."

On air brakes:  "He thinks 'quick service' is a drive-in cat-house."

And my personal favorite:  "Up-hill slow, down-hill fast, tonnage first and safety last."