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
Amtrash
Slamtrak

Ramtrak

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Eastern and midwestern United States B&O Beefsteak and Onions

Best and Only

Beets and Onions

Body Oder

BNSF Railway Western United States BNSF Buy Now, Sell Fast
Bye Now, Santa Fe
Big New Santa Fe
Been Nothing Since Frisco
Buy Norfolk Southern First
Better Not Send Freight
Boston and Maine Railroad Northeastern United States B&M Busted and Mangled
Buffalo and South Western Railroad Northeast United States B&SW Brandy and Soda Water
Burlington Northern Railroad Northern United States BN Big Nothing
Chicago and North Western Railway Midwest United States C&NW Cheap and Nothing Wasted
Can't and Never Will
Chicago Great Western Railroad Midwest United States CGW Great Weedy
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Ohio CH&D Charge High and Damn Rough Ride
Copper River and Northwestern Railway Alaska, United States CR&NW Can't Run and Never Will
CSX Transportation Eastern United States CSX
CSXT
Chicken Shit eXpress
Conrail's Southern Xtension
Crash Spill eXplode
Chessie's Still Xperimenting
Delaware and Hudson Railway New York, Pennsylvania D&H Delay and Hesitate
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Hoboken to Buffalo DL&W Delay, Linger and Wait
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Midwestern United States EJ&E Egypt, Jerusalem & Elsewhere
Easy Jobs for Everyone
Erie Lackawanna Railway Eastern United States EL Erie Lack-o-Money
Gateway Western Railway Missouri and Illinois GWWR Great Wobbly Wobbly
Green Bay and Western Railroad Wisconsin GB&W Grab Bags and Walk
Guilford Rail System Northeastern United States GRS Guilford Fail System
The Big G
Halifax and Southwestern Railway Southern Nova Scotia H&SW Hellish, Slow and Wobbly
Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad Northeastern United States HT&W Hoot Toot and Whistle
Kansas City Southern Railroad Midwestern and Southern United States KCS The Haywire
Kingston and Pembroke Railway Eastern Ontario K&P Kick and Push
London and Port Stanley Railway Ontario, Canada L&PS Liver and Pork Steak
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Southern United States L&N Long and Narrow
The Old Reliable
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority New England MBTA Mucho Bad Transit Attitude
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Midwest M&StL Misery and Short Life
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas MKT the Katy
Missouri Pacific Railroad Western United States MP The Mop
MoPac
Montana Rail Link Western United States MRL Milwaukee Road Lives
Monkeys Running Loose
Norfolk Southern Railway Eastern United States NS Nazi Southern
New Southern
Nomore Steam
No Service
New York, Ontario and Western Railway New England, United States O&W Old and Weary
the Old Woman
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York NYS&W Now You Sit and Wait
The Susie Q
Pacific Great Eastern Railway British Columbia PGE Prince George Eventually
Please Go Easy
Province's Greatest Expense
Past God's Endurance
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Midwestern United States PFW&C Paddy Finnigan's Wife and Children
Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway Quebec, Canada PP&J Push, Pull and Jerk
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Virginia, United States RF&P Rich Folks and Pedigrees
Run Fast and Push
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Midwestern and Southern United States SLSF The Frisco
Seaboard System Railroad Eastern United States SBD Slowly Breaking Down
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Eastern United States SEPTA Society for the Elimination of Public Transit Altogether
Southern Pacific Railroad Southwest United States SP The Friendly Southern Pacific
Espee
Suffering Pathetic
Southern Pacific Santa Fe Railroad Southwest United States (proposed) SPSF Shouldn't Paint So Fast
Staten Island Rapid Transit Eastern United States SIRT Shall I Run Today?
Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada TH&B Tramps, Hobos & Bums
To Hell & Back
Union Pacific Railroad Western United States UP Under Powered
Unlimited Parking
Uncle Pete
Union Pathetic
Utterly Pathetic
Onion Pacific
Western Pacific Railroad Western United States WP (The) Wobbly
White Pass and Yukon Route Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia WP&YR Wait Patiently, and You'll Ride

Famous quotes containing the word railroad:

    Though the railroad and the telegraph have been established on the shores of Maine, the Indian still looks out from her interior mountains over all these to the sea.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)