The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-05

ed for light repairs which have not
pecn given her to working an engine
10 IL hlsher limit than her builders de-
signed is also called pounding her."
y dead engine" is one without fro
Steam is sometimes known as fog"
Ihe conductor of the switching crew
Is n drummer" and the brakemen
arc 'shacks," car catchers.' field
crs' or ground hogs The yardmas-
ter is frequently known as a switch
hog and sometimes as the big switch
nog. The Nardmaster's office is the
knowledge box and the yard clerk
is the number grabber." Switching
cars is shaking en- out"
n new fireman or brakeman is II
student" A boomer" in the strict
esq sense OF the term is Il man who
STAYS only about one pay day on "A di-
vision. y locomotive engineer is known
as a "hoghead,' "hoager." eagle eve
throttle puller," runner" or en-
gincman."
a locomotive is called a mill"
ho,'ie', scrap heap junk pile and
! tluehtiE and Familiarity referred to as
an u .ttllow pot. "a diamond DEALER
diamond pusher.' and in this day
sometimes as IA "%stoker.'
rr'lsht hrakemcn are called
Sharks'. strong arm" "twisters.'
praises "cullics' and dope artists
$50 vars are passenger cars.
~ s"h is a gondola oil coal car. \
s,eeis"n, is sometimes called "a
Mlalebelly' or u battleship.' 4 re-
lrlgcfator car is q "recfor."
Ihe running board or
Is made up of the two or three boards
or pianks running lcnethwise on the
geek or root OF II box car. The floor
OF an engine cab or tender is also
called the deck" "Dnckinr. -
Collaborating" means that the train.
mon are riding on the roof.
INC heaviest type of consolidation
Hhslnr is known AS Il 'battleship." tho
lighter type of consolidation is called
a hog" Although the term hog" is
IL generally applied to all engines
NOWADAYS. in the strictest sense of rail
ROAD language ii Shout be Used only
"hen referring to locomotives of tho
consolidation type.
n car that is disabled or broken is a
cripple" \ track for rcpairing
'cripples' is a cripple track Car in
spcclorS are known as car thinks" and
"knockers." An ~overheated journal
bearing or brass is what constitutes n
not box, and the oiled waste used to
rcpack it is dope" The pay car is
commonly called the pay wagon" or
band wagon n is frequently more
iamillarly known as the family dis.
turber.' The injector of an engine IS
the sun The blower is the FIRE
man $ 1fltnd.
out in the Rocky mountain country
'nerc is heard some of the most eX-
pressive slang in the railroad world.
fof instance. Hand me three.' Saw
en- Off SCI three!' ..Amputate
en- would mean three cars were to
be cut off. Tic 'em down. or anchor
EN- means to set the brakes. Out il
they bend Il rail-" When they cool
II not box they freeze the hub"
To pull Tho pin" is to leave the SER
vice. Flying light" is to flag or
miss a meal: Brass collars means the
"fliclals. License is the badge worn
fireman. Tho main STEM is the main
track. shuttle 'em up" is switching.
Obcrservation Pullmans are known as
"r~nbberneck' ears. Passengers who
ride on them are known as .cinder
snappers.
Give EN- the wind" is the term when
the air is admitted to the train line.
y bum screw" is a bed brake and
sand is known as "seashore.' The
above expressions are used in other
states besides Colorado. one of the
west is the appellation given to cars
not equipped with air brakes. They
are known as jacks"
In Colorado u "boomer'' is called Il
tourist The boys out there go to
the "~beanery" to chew and kid" tho
"hasher.' If the'"rcad dog" is cook
lns on nc buggy" then they gu to
the "hcarse' for the big mulligan.'
This dish is ii stew composed of any
and all kinds of meats, and Vegetables
cooked together. After that to the
feathers for a little "shut-eye."
There was once a Snart 'hasher" n
red nccktie sport. who WAS Singing
hash in a railroad house where a cor
tain fireman got his cats regularly.
1t happened that the "hasher" had it
in for IN" fireman. ON one occasion
when the fireman came in from his run
and sat down at the the
''hasher'' said:
What Yer goin' to have? Cup of
coffee and a piece Of pie"
No" replied the iireboy. Give me
ii locomotive covered with cinders. ~
couple of switchlights In the fog and IL
string of flats
This was too much for the "hash-
cr.' so the "taliow" WAS obliged to en-
plain that Il locomotive covered with
cindcrs' WAS a portcrhousc steak
smothcred in onions: "a couple of
Switchliellts in the fog were two fried
eggs with grease poured over them
and the string of flats was a plate
of hot cakes.
The men of the suburban electric
railways have a slang of their own. In
their service head end man or on tho
head end" refers 10 the motormaIl.
or as he is commonly known in the
east. the motor driver. The ronduc-
tor is on the rear end" To become
a rope" or cord puller' means to
secure a conductors position.
Tad her in the corner" means that
the motorman gave the car the full
current. To Jack her over or ''jack
her" means to reverse. When a mo-
tor burns out on a four motor car
and the hcad end shout to the rear
end that she had lost a lung it is
easy to tell Just what he means. Some
times he will say she has only three
lungs" On a two-notor car the head
end would say she has only one lung"
When the brakes are not working
perfectly the head end will say that
he made a stop by using the short
HANDLE This is used in reversing.
Hit her hard" is IL term used when
the car goes into a curve a little too
fast-and it is we'll known that some
electric roads have pretty sharp curves.
Met on Il single iron" does not refer
to Il Srnashup. 1t means to meet on a
single track without having a wreck.
Dancing on the pin" is the same as
giving her sand or sanding the rails.
PRECIPlTATED LIVELY DEBATE.
Washington, Jan. 4.-Senator New
lands of Nevada, precipitated a lively
debate today when he attempted to
force upon the senate his resolution
providing a legislative program. He
sought Intellectually to have the reso-