RR Nicknames Vol. MCMXVI

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Thu Sep 6 16:05:19 EDT 2018


I guess, perhaps, I should officially kinda, sort of, apologize for starting this thread with my snarky "Uncle Pete" moniker, even if I grew up in MoPac's hometown! LOL.

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On Thursday, September 6, 2018, 6:46 AM, nw-mailing-list-request at nwhs.org <nw-mailing-list-request at nwhs.org> wrote:


Today's Topics:

  1. Re: Railroad nicknames origins and such (NW Mailing List)
  2. Why I am an NWHS member (NW Mailing List)
  3. Re: NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 164, Issue 12 (NW Mailing List)
  4. Re: Railroad nicknames origins and such (NW Mailing List)
  5. Re: Railroad nicknames origins and such (NW Mailing List)


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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 21:46:28 -0600
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BNSF-Better Not Start a Family, Buffets New Santa Fe, Big New Santa Fe.
Also Uncle Warren to us BNSF employees
UP-Uncle Pete, Utterly Pathetic, Universal Puke, StUPid
CSX-Chemical Spill eXperts

73,
Nathan Simmons

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 17:31 NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Some of the ones I have heard over the years.
>
> Conrail - Corn-rail
>
> CSX - Crash, Smash & eXplode; Commodity Spilling eXperts, Chicken (or Cat)
> Sh.. eXpress
>
> BNSF - Buy Norfolk Southern Fast, Buy Norfolk Southern Fast, Big Nothing
> Super Flush
>
> BN -Big Nothin', Green Weenies
>
> CP - Caribou Poo, Caribou Pi$$
>
> L&N - Long & Nasty
>
> C&NW - Cheap, & Northing Wasted
>
> Milw Rd. - America's Resource-less
>
> Soo Line - Sewage
>
> UP - Unlimited Parking, Useless P (anatomical part), the Borg,
>
> Regards,
> Russ Goodwin
> Oakwood, GA
>




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