Locomotive terms

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Steamdemon

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Hey guys, what locomotive terms do you use? Any new terms you made up? they can be funny

Baby Mik: 2-8-2T
Old fart: Deltic, because their trainz horns sound damn wierd... rather like bottom burps. :hehe: They don't sound like that in real life do they?

Gearstick: the term for a reverser.

Offline: when a train derails.

Snake valves: the term for the safeties. the reason why I call them this is because they hiss annoyingly.

Lucifer class: an engine with the whyte notation of 6-6-6. Luckily, no locomotive has that wheel arrangement. Except for the grim reaper's steam loco 'The Demonia'.


Be creative!
 
Steamdemon said:
Lucifer class: an engine with the whyte notation of 6-6-6. Luckily, no locomotive has that wheel arrangement. Except for the grim reaper's steam loco 'The Demonia'.Be creative!
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Heh, that would probably be the wheel alignment for this: http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Doomtrain ;)

As for other self-made rail terms, here are a few of my own:

Bricked - when a train grinds to a sudden halt due to a break down. Like a brick, it's going nowhere.

Ticket to Nowhere - my term for joyriding a passenger train, in that it's not the destination that's important, but the journey.

Got the Green - when a train is given right-of-way to depart (i.e. a green signal), especially at passenger stations.

Ugly Duckling - my rather unkind moniker for TransWA's new Prospector/AvonLink WDA/WDB/WDC class DMUs - not so much because they are physically ugly, but more due to their unreliability and constant breakdowns (see 'Bricked' above). Luckily though, like the fairy tale, this one has also since become a 'beautiful swan' - in that their mechanical problems have more or less been sorted out.

Juice 'n' Oil - When an electric train is towed by a diesel locomotive due to a breakdown or maintenance movement.

The Grand Old Lady - a particular member of the WAGR's exceptionally long-lived 4-6-0 version of their G class steam locomotive class, namely, number 123. Currently in the care of the Hotham Valley Tourist Railway she's been in continuous service (other than for overhauls) since being built in 1897, having outlived every locomotive that came before and after her! And for a lady of 114 she is mighty fine looking too if I do say so! :D

The Electric Hare - Transperth's AEA/AEB class EMUs, due to their exceptionally high acceleration and high speed (for Australian suburban trains). I did kinda modify this term from the well-known New South Wales nickname for their beloved CPH petrol railmotors (which were known as 'Tin Hares'.)

I have a few more, but I can't think of them right now. ;)
 
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Quadruplex: This the term for a locomotive that has 4 sets of bogeys, and 4 sets of leading and trailing wheels. There are two people who own these types. God's own train to heaven is 6-4-8-8-8-8-4-6, 'Shining glory' and Chuck Norris has a 2-2-6-6-6-6-2-2, The 'round house'.
 
oops= regulator for steam engine is stuck open:mop:
crap= blew threw a crossing without whistling:sleep:
oh no= train is barreling down the tracks right in front of you:eek:
DQ= knock out entire train out with one derail
yea baby= going full speed without a care of the world:hehe:

runaway train= train is running away from the engineer

sparky= train brakes still on while going down the rail

the ? side of Beattie:)
 
Hippo--A large steam engine with badly balanced wheels forced to run at high speeds (55mph+)

Self propelled glorified boxcar--any diesel locomotive (shows you what i think doesn't it?:hehe:)

Fallen Angels--a class of steam locomotive that was scrapped in entirety (IE New York Central J3a's, Rutland Green Hornets, AT&SF 3800's, Katy L1's, etc)

Awkward Consol--a steam locomotive with a 2-8-0 F.M. Whyte wheel arrangement with a fat boiler and undersized wheels (and possibly a cut-down high visibility tender)

Failbus--a school bus fitted with railroad wheels and a galloping-goose style cowcatcher. It's supposed to be a "railbus":hehe:

The pardoned victim--Missouri-Kansas-Texas 4-4-0 #311, the only Katy steam engine spared the scrapper's torch.

Paul Bunyan--a 2-8-2ST "Minaret" logging saddle tank engine

Pencil-neck--a FEC 4-6-2 (specifically Savannah & Atlanta 750 with a centered headlight)

I've got tons of these. PS there all mine.
 
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Bat**** insane: what I call anyone who drives through a level crossing when the barrier arm is down.

Old timers: the locomotives that ignited the rail industry. I am talking about locomotives like The Rocket, Catch Me Who Can, and Novelty. By the way, Novelty is located at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, in the Power Hall. Planet is going on the Golden Oldies Gala 2011, along with Rocket and others on the Great Central railway.
 
sawyer811 said:
I was talking more about the LS&I 30-series 2-8-0s (IE something like this: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/misc-l/lsi-s33ads.jpg) Nothing against the Reading Co., though, I actually like their Consols. they have that nice "Get the h*ll out fo my way or i'll make you my pilot ornament" look i love so much.
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Nothing too awkward there if you ask me.

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This came to mind by your description.
 
I mean heck, even an H5 looks pretty balanced.

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And to stay on topic:

Highball: what I call a green signal

Gantlet track: what I call two overlapping tracks

Texas: what I call a 2-10-4

Oh wait...
 
And, as for terms, I've got some!


Dum - Red signal

Pof - Green Signal

Wap - Yellow Signal

AH! - What the engineer yells just before a collision

Shat - The quality of this thread. :D
 
Oy vey, what have i started?
I'm getting tag-teamed by Sim and Sam, great :/

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Nothing too awkward there if you ask me.

*awkward consol snipped*

This came to mind by your description.
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yes, i thought that too.

anyway, it's just my personal opinion. I just don't think they look very balanced (The USATC S-160's have the opposite problem, they're drivers are too BIG).

two more, in light of what's happened here:

Tag-teamed--when the fireman and engineer lay into the poor conductor for his actions.

High-heeled army--an S-160
 
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Ooh, let me join the fun...

Stupid b****: A loco that won't stop slipping
Electric Turds: Anything run by 'Metro'
Attention Seeker: Mars Lights
Lazy Larrys: Mechanical Stoakers
Devil's Breakie: Bad coal batches
Cord Happy Chaps: Drivers who blow steam loco whistles for more than 10 seconds

Can't think of anymore just now, maybe some later
Cheers
Timo
 
Obnoxious rail crusher: my nickname for George the annoying and obnoxious steamroller. For pete's sake, He is a steam roller, A STEAM ROLLER!
 
true. :D

A few more

The Solemn Procession--dead in tow engines headed to the scrap yard (specifically steam, but diesels can have it too)

Executioner's Reprieve--when a preservation group (or a tourist railway) buys an engine in a scrapyard. can be steam or diesel.

Howler--a baldwin-built diesel

Growler--an ALCo built diesel

Scrap iron--an EMD diesel:hehe:

Overblown Toaster--a GE diesel:hehe: :o

all these (including my first post) are my own creation by the way.
 
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