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Railroaders' Nostalgia > How many ways can you say......???Date: 08/08/26 00:34 How many ways can you say......??? Author: funnelfan Talking to my conductor today, we were asking ourselves just how many creative ways can you say "Good Rollby". A couple of my favorites are "Highball the Eyeball" and "All Darky, No Sparky". I would imagine everyone has their own favorite sayings.
Ted Curphey Ontario, OR Date: 08/08/26 05:39 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: trainjunkie All black and on the track!
Date: 08/08/26 12:55 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: tehachcond "All black from the hack to the stack!" a bit dated for this day and age, but oh well!
Brian Black Castle Rock, CO Date: 08/08/26 16:35 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: sf1010 Please explain "all black" to this non-rail.
Thanks! Date: 08/08/26 17:21 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: funnelfan sf1010 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Please explain "all black" to this non-rail. > > Thanks! nothing causing sparks. Ted Curphey Ontario, OR Date: 08/08/26 19:02 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: PHall I have heard "All rolling" used a number of times.
Date: 08/08/26 20:09 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: SCAXEngr I was a qualifying engineer on Amtrak 97 south of Rocky Mount, NC early one morning when we passed the northbound CSX Juice Train. After passing it the train's conductor said on the radio "Amtrak P097, you've got a 'shiny hiney!'
(you have a good marker on the rear) SCAXEngr Date: 08/08/26 21:11 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: usmc1401 No hot bearings or wheels. Glow red when hot black cool ok.
Posted from Android Date: 08/09/26 19:39 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: CPR_4000 I've heard in Western Canada they say, PK OK. PK being "pins and knuckles."
Date: 08/10/26 11:45 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: Notch7 "Train looked clean" - SOU
Posted from Android Date: 08/10/26 14:48 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: dbinterlock "All black and blinking." UP speak in Southern California years ago. No sparks or streaming fire or red hot, etc. and flashing rear end device was working.
Date: 08/10/26 20:06 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: LN383south Highball the roll by! Used on the south end of the L&N
Steve Date: 08/11/26 21:58 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: ouchuck68 highball--pedal to the metal
Date: 08/13/26 09:16 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: EO And then there WAS the rear end's radio response to a dark dragging equipment detector: "Highball the drag," or "Highball the eyeball."
EO Current involvement with highballs centers around cocktail hour. Date: 08/13/26 20:29 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: Railroad39 3 bubbles, no troubles on CP when trains still had cabooses,
and the hotbox and dragging equipment detectors still had display boards. Steve CP Belleville Sub Hogger (Ret) Smikths Falls, Ont. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/13/26 20:30 by Railroad39. Date: 08/13/26 21:05 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: LN383south Triple o's and lets go, highball the machine.
Steve Date: 08/14/26 09:36 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: BN4364 All turning, nothing's burning!
Date: 08/14/26 13:30 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: SanJoaquinEngr In the cab while cruising along would roll the train on a curve we would say ABC. Meaning All Black and Coming. Or visa versa would say s.h.i.t. Same Hear I Think.
In the days of the caboose the rear end would go by the tote board and say high Ball the scanner. Crazy Joe Zuckerman would say high ball the gizmo ! Posted from Android Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/16/26 18:42 by SanJoaquinEngr. Date: 08/14/26 16:25 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: pbrasky How about "Good by your marker" on CR and CSX's Riverline/Sub in the late 1990's.
Date: 08/15/26 05:21 Re: How many ways can you say......??? Author: 3rdswitch Black and blinkin nothin smoking nothin brokin.
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