Railroad nicknames
The initials used to identify railroad and railway lines have often been used for humorous, disparaging or slanderous names. In a related category, portmanteaus, such as Amtrak, have also been lampooned.
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| Railroad | Locale | Common abbreviation(s) | Nickname(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amtrak | United States | AMTK | Amcrash[1][2][3][4] Amtrash[2][3][4] Slamtrak[5] Ramtrak |
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | Eastern and Midwestern United States | B&O | Beefsteak and Onions[2][3]
Best and Only Beets and Onions Body Odor |
| BNSF Railway | Western United States | BNSF | Buy Now, Sell Fast[2] Bye Now, Santa Fe[3] Big New Santa Fe[3] Been Nothing Since Frisco[3] Buy Norfolk Southern First[3] Better Not Send Freight[2] Bigger Name Same Fine Railroad[4] |
| Boston and Maine Railroad | Northeastern United States | B&M | Busted and Mangled[3][4] Busted & Mined[4] Broken & Maimed[4] Bankrupt & Moribund[4] |
| Buffalo and South Western Railroad | Northeast United States | B&SW | Brandy and Soda Water[6] |
| Burlington Northern Railroad | Northwestern United States | BN | Big Nothing[2][3][4] |
| Canadian National Railway | Canada, Midwestern United States | CN, CNR, CNRy | Certainly No Rush[4] Crash National[4] |
| Canadian Pacific Railway | Canada, Midwestern United States | CP | Can't Please[4] Chinese Pacific[4] Sleepy Rail CP Fail |
| Chicago and North Western Railway | Midwest United States | C&NW, C&NWRR | Cheap and Nothing Wasted[2][3][4] Cheap & No Wages[4] Can't and Never Will[2][3][4] Can't and Never Will Run Right[4] Cardboard & No Wheels[4] Carrier to No Where[4] Chicago & No Where[4] Chicago & Norweigians[4] |
| Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad | Midwestern United States | CBQ, CB&Q | Cheapest, Best & Quickest[4] Crash, Bang & Quake[4] Cuss The Boss & Quit[4] The Q[4] |
| Chicago Great Western Railroad | Midwest United States | CGW | Great Weedy[2][3][4] |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad | Midwestern United States, Northwestern United States | MILW, CMStP&P, CMSPP | The Milwaukee Road[4] Christ, Mary, St. Paul and St. Peter[4] C'mon Stop Praying and Push[4] Cheapest, Meanest & Slowest to Pay[4] |
| Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad | Midwestern United States | CRI&P, RI, ROCK | The Rock[4] Rockin Eye[4] Pet Rock[4] Rotten Island[4] Wreck Island[4] Cri N Pee[4] |
| Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad | Ohio | CH&D | Charge High and Damn Rough Ride[7] |
| Copper River and Northwestern Railway | Alaska, United States | CR&NW | Can't Run and Never Will[3] |
| CSX Transportation | Eastern United States | CSX CSXT |
Chicken Shit eXpress[2] Conrail's Southern Xtension[4] Crash Spill eXplode Chessie's Still Xperimenting[2][4] Crash Smash eXplode[4] Crash Smash eXpress Chemical Spill eXperts[8] |
| Delaware and Northern Railroad | Northeastern United States / New York | D&N | Damn Nuisance |
| Delaware and Hudson Railway | New York, Pennsylvania | D&H | Delay and Hesitate[2][3][4] |
| Delaware, Lackawanna and Western | Hoboken to Buffalo | DL&W | Delay, Linger and Wait[3][4] |
| Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway | Midwestern United States | EJ&E | Egypt, Jerusalem & Elsewhere[2][3][4] Easy Jobs for Everyone[2][3][4] |
| Erie Lackawanna Railway | Eastern United States | EL | Erie Lack-o-Money[2] |
| Gateway Western Railway | Missouri and Illinois | GWWR | Great Wobbly Wobbly[4] |
| Green Bay and Western Railroad | Wisconsin | GB&W | Grab Bags and Walk[9] |
| Guilford Rail System | Northeastern United States | GRS | Guilford Fail System[10] The Big G[11] |
| Halifax and Southwestern Railway | Southern Nova Scotia | H&SW | Hellish, Slow and Wobbly[12] |
| Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad | Northeastern United States | HT&W | Hoot Toot and Whistle[13] |
| Illinois Central Railroad | Midwestern United States | IC, ICRR | I Can't Run Railroads[4] |
| Illinois Central Gulf Railroad | Midwestern United States | ICG | I Can't Go[4] |
| Kansas City Southern Railroad | Midwestern and Southern United States | KCS | The Haywire[3][4] |
| Kingston and Pembroke Railway | Eastern Ontario | K&P | Kick and Push[14] |
| London and Port Stanley Railway | Ontario, Canada | L&PS | Liver and Pork Steak[2] |
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad | Southern United States | L&N | Long and Narrow[2][3][4] The Old Reliable[3] |
| Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | New England | MBTA | Mucho Bad Transit Attitude[15] |
| Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway | Midwest | M&StL | Misery and Short Life[16] |
| Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad | Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas | MKT | the Katy[17] |
| Missouri Pacific Railroad | Western United States | MP | The Mop[2][3][4] MoPac[3] |
| Montana Rail Link | Western United States | MRL | Milwaukee Road Lives[4] Monkeys Running Loose[3][4] |
| Norfolk Southern Railway | Eastern United States | NS | The Thoroughbred[4] New Southern[3][4] Nomore Steam[2][4] No Service[4] Nazi Southern[2] |
| New York, Ontario and Western Railway | New England, United States | O&W | Old and Weary[2][3][4] the Old Woman[2][3][4] |
| New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway | Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York | NYS&W | Now You Sit and Wait[3][4] The Susie Q[18] |
| Pacific Great Eastern Railway | British Columbia | PGE | Prince George Eventually[4] Please Go Easy[4] Province's Greatest Expense[4] Past God's Endurance[4] |
| Penn Central | Eastern US | PC | Penniless Central[8] Penn Centless[8] |
| Pennsylvania Railroad | Eastern and Midwestern US | PRR | Pennsy Pussie Rail Road[19] The Big Red Subway[20] |
| Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad | Bucks and Montgomery County PA | PN | Peener |
| Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad | Midwestern United States | PFW&C | Paddy Finnigan's Wife and Children[6] |
| Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway | Quebec, Canada | PP&J | Push, Pull and Jerk[21] |
| Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac | Virginia, United States | RF&P | Rich Folks and Pedigrees[2][3][4] Run Fast and Push[2][3][4] |
| St. Louis-San Francisco Railway | Midwestern and Southern United States | SLSF | The Frisco[3][6] |
| Seaboard System Railroad | Eastern United States | SBD | Slowly Breaking Down[3][4] |
| Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | Eastern United States | SEPTA | Society for the Elimination of Public Transit Altogether[2][3][4] Septic Inepta |
| Southern Pacific Railroad | Southwest United States | SP | The Friendly Southern Pacific[22] Espee[3][4] Suffering Pathetic[2][3][4] Slow Poke[4] Soup[4] |
| Southern Pacific Santa Fe Railroad | Southwest United States (proposed) | SPSF | Shouldn't Paint So Fast[2][3][4] |
| Staten Island Rapid Transit | Eastern United States | SIRT | Shall I Run Today?[4] |
| Sumpter Valley Railway | Oregon, United States | SV | Stump Dodger[23][24]
Polygamy Central[23] |
| Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway | Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada | TH&B | Tramps, Hobos & Bums[3][4] To Hell & Back[3][4] |
| Ulster and Delaware Railroad | Northeastern United States / New York | U&D | Up and Down |
| Union Pacific Railroad | Western United States | UP | Under Powered[3][4] Unlimited Parking[2][3][4] Uncle Pete[2][3][4] Union Pathetic[2][4] Utterly Pathetic[4] Onion Pacific[4] Ewe Pee[8] Unbelievable Pigs |
| Western Pacific Railroad | Western United States | WP | (The) Wobbly[2][3][4] |
| White Pass and Yukon Route | Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia | WP&YR | Wait Patiently, and You'll Ride[2][4] |
| Wisconsin Central | Wisconsin | WC | Whiskey Central[4] We Could Wreck[4] Wrecking Central[4] |
See also
References
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 "Other/Nicknames". Retrieved 2008-06-05.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 "Railroad Nicknames Sorted by Railroad Name". Railway & Locomotive Historical Society. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
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- ↑ "Railroad discussion site run by Amtrak employees".
- 1 2 3 "Nicknames on the Rail" (PDF). New York Times. 1890-12-21. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
- ↑ "Railroads". Ohio History Central. Ohio Historical Society. 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
- 1 2 3 4 "W&H MAIN YARDS: Railroad Nicknames". spikesys.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ↑ "Railroad Passes". greenbayroute.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ↑ "Railroad Photographs of Guilford Rail System / Springfield Terminal". Massroads.com Transportation Images. 2007-05-12. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
- ↑ "October on Guilford's West End". Railroad Explorer. 2 (3). Fall 2002.
- ↑ Campbell, B.; Johnston, A.J.B. (1995). Tracks Across the Landscape: The S&L Commemorative History. University College of Cape Breton Press. p. 71. ISBN 9780920336649. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ↑ "history". htandw.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ↑ "Old Time Trains". trainweb.org. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ↑ "Mucho Bad Transit Attitude". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on March 29, 2002. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ↑ Charles W Grubb gandy dancer for the M&StL
- ↑ "Katy Railroad Historical Society". katyrailroad.org. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ↑ "Susie-Q History". susquehanna.railfan.net. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ↑ Ron Kohlin. "Railroad Nicknames". kohlin.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ↑ "Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc - Railroad Nicknames Sorted by Railroad Name". rlhs.org. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ↑ "qohistory". heritagepontiac.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ↑ "The Southern Pacific". american-rails.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- 1 2 Potter, Miles (1976). Oregon's Golden Years. Caxton Press. ISBN 978-0870042546.
- ↑ Culp, Edwin (1972). Stations West: The Story of The Oregon Railroads. Caxton Printers. ISBN 978-0870042195.
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