Nostalgia & History > Locomotive 'nicknames' ... how many out there?

My previous post of the Santa Fe 'Snoot' got me thinking of the many locomotive 'nicknames ... which do you remember? Here are 3 to start with, seem to match the locos pretty well ...

1.  'Shark' ............ Detroit (?) June 1962 ............. by Dave Ingles
2.  'Centipede' ..... East Juniata Yard  no date .... by Bill Volkmer,
3.  'Baby Face'  ... Scranton, PA  Jan. 1961......... by Bill Volkmer

all from Alan Miller Collection



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In the background of your photo No.2 is an I1sa Decapod (2-10-0), aka "Hippo".

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and "tunnel motor" for us western folks!

Cheers, Jim

Well, there’s always “toasters” for the folks that dislike GEs. Haven’t heard that one much lately, suspect it’s because they now make a pretty good engine. Back in the “U-boat” days, not so much. 

I’ve heard “hefalumps” used by both fans and crews for things like Katy’s RS3s with EMD long hoods, and MARC’s grafting of F45 cabs onto GP40 bodies. 

Did anybody in Chicagoland come up with a good tag for the Crandall E-unit?  That is the least attractive thing I’ve ever seen on wheels that hadn’t been through a major collision. 

Bull dog  front for F units.

tomstp Wrote:
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> Bull dog  front for F units.

Woof Woof : >)

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The F units without the top nose light look odd as heck!

Cheers, Jim

march_hare Wrote:
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> I’ve heard “hefalumps” used by both fans and
> crews for things like Katy’s RS3s with EMD long
> hoods, and MARC’s grafting of F45 cabs onto GP40
> bodies. 
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like this?

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Southern Pacific SD9's "Cadillacs"

Can't find a picture, but Santg Fe's old boxcab E (modified to elevate the crew) looked like a badly beaten boxer's face with a warbonnet painted over it.  (maybe "Cauliflower McPugg"?)

Canadian Pacific SD40-2F - Red Barns
RSD-15/12 - Alligators
BC Rail SD40-2's - Jimmies
Canadian National SW1200RSm - Sweep



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EMD "Cows & Calves": TR2A's/TR2B's for CB&Q (the B's were later rebuilt to NW2's), TR4A's/TR4B's for MILW, etc.



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Rainier_Rails Wrote:
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> EMD "Cows & Calves": TR2A's/TR2B's for CB&Q (the
> B's were later rebuilt to NW2's), TR4A's/TR4B's
> for MILW, etc.

here's a couple 'bovine' pics ... the Oliver Iron pair are Baldwins, I took the Santa Fe cow/calf shot in KC



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Lehigh Valley switchers as “pups”. 

How about 'whirlybirds'? Shot this one of U50 #51 at North Platte on April 1, 1972



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Locally, we called the C&NW Alco RS units with the large, square short hood "hammerheads".
 

I read somewhere that somebody (on the Rock Island? Missouri Pacific?) called BL2's "'hermaphrodites" or 'murphrodites' in the local dialect.



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> Locally, we called the C&NW Alco RS units with the
> large, square short hood "hammerheads".
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I just posted these on 1/17  ...

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Who could forget the 'Gators' a/k/a Alligators

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A few of the "hoggers" I worked with called the Centennial DD40AX's "Big Jacks".
 

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY