The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-08

is also called the hut" "erummie,'
"crum box" or sage"
Hitting the grit" Is what no train
man likes To do but he sometimes has
to when train is running AZ full
speed and his only chance of not being
caught i'm a wreck is TO jump. Getting
her down i'm the corner" is setting the
reverse lever down i'm the loves, for
ward notch of the quadrant so shat
the engine has the full length OF tn,
stroke.
"Pattng Her on Back"
rPatting her on the back is an ex-
preston used when the reverse lever Is
down In the corner and is gradually
hooked up notch by notch on the
quadrant as the saturated steam is
worked off. Making her pop is t.
maintain a fire so that the instant the
engine stops working she blows OF.
A locomotive is called mill 'lsrt
tie" scrap heap" Junk pile anf
frequently and familiarly referred &c
as the old girl" A fireman is Anowr
as a "tallow pot" diamond dealeF,'
diamond pusher," and in this da,
sometimes as a 'stoker."
Freight brakemen are called
"shacks." strong arms" "tvirle,s,
brakes" "culIies" and dope artists.
l"Varn.shed cars are passenger coach
es. A "gon" Is a gondola or coal car
A "steelgon" is sometimes called /;
"whalebelly" or a "battleship," refri.
gerator car is a "reefer."
The running board or "toepath" Is
made up of the two or three cards ~
planks running lengthwise ON thu
deck" or roof Of a boXcar. THO loo,
of an engine cab or tender is also call
eG the deck" Decking" or "decorat
ing" means that the trainmen ire rid
ing on the roof.
The heaviest type Of consolidation
engine is known as a "battleship." the
| lighter type OF consolidation il called
Il hog" Although the term hog" /,
generally applied to all engines now
adays in the strictest sense of rail
road language il should be used only
when referring to locomotives Of the
consolidation type.
Pay Car "Family Disturber"
A car that is disabled or broken Is
cripple" A track for repairing
"cripples" is n cripple track" Car in
spectors are known as car links and
KNOCKERS" An overheated journal
bearing or brass H. what constitutes
"hot box" and the oiled waste used
10 repack 1t is dope" The pay car is
commonly called the pay wagon" or
'band wagon" and Is frequently more
Familiarity known as family disturb
or" The injector of an engine is the
gun" The blower is the "hreman's
friend"
out in the Rocky mountain country
there is heard some of the most eX-
pressive slang in the railroad world
For instance. 'Hand me three! saw
'em OFF," "Scuse three!" "Amputatc
emf" would mean three cars were T."
be cut of. "Tie 'em down" or anchor
'em" means to set the brakes. ont IL
Colorado when they throw n switch
they bend i rail" when they cool
hot box they freeze the hub"
To pull the pin" is to leave the
service. Flying light" Is to flag" or
miss meal. BRASS collars" means
the officials. License is the badge
worn BY trainmen. = "smoke agent
10 n fireman. The "main stem Is the
main track. shuttle 'em up II
switching. observation Pullmans are
known as "rubbernccl<" cars. rassen-
gers who ride on them are known ms
"cinder snappers."
To make q joint is to couple cars
"Give ON the wind" Is the term when
the air Is admitted To the train line. a
"bum screw" is a bad brake, and SAND
is known as "seashore." The above ex-
pressions are used In Other states DE
sides Colorado. one Of the most gen
oral expressions used In the west "
H.. appollation given - cars NOT
onuinpcd with airbakes. They are
known US lacks"
In Colorado a ''boomn" is ca'ed a
",ourist." The boys OF; there go 70
Inc "beanery" to chew aud Kid inc
"basher.' IL the rear dog Is cooking
on the buggy then they go to the
"boarsc" for the big mulligan." This
dish is stew composed of any and all
kinds of meats and vegetables cooked
together. After that, to the feathers
for a littlo Sfhot eve" lem. fei'e'
The flasher Was stumped. B..