hmmm what's up with Minis & Hummers?

 

Yes, check the recently resurected "Smart comes to America" thread. Posts #50.

 

I find it interesting the number of railroaders here.. I'm a parttime trainman/conductor on a shortline in Georgia here. Never thought about getting a pic of my Mini next to the locomotive..

 

It is interesting, Foxtrot. My grandfather was an engineer and from what I can remember he ran between Birmingham, AL and Atlanta, GA.

Here's my shot for the thread. I decided to go cruising on the base one day a few years back and snuck in a few pictures while there. For some reason the base police don't like cameras. Good thing I knew some of them. :impatient

 

Dunno ....

 

Do they teach English at the Salt Lake school as well?

 

One of my comparison shots:

 

thats amazing!!! lol i wonder if that could really work?? haha jk well peeps keep them coming!!!!

 

Last i knew, Hummers were unwated bastard childs from somewhere in Canada that later were adopted by GM and they gave them unhealthy doses of happy meals from mcdonalds!

 

Working the rails certainly does have it's own language, took me a while when I signed on with CSX.
Hostler is a very old word traced back as far as the early 1300's when it was used to describe someone who took care of the horses at an inn. The word is derived from Anglo-French hostiler (modernFrench hostelier), itself from the Medieval Latin hostilarius "the monk who entertains guests at a monastery. Of couse the useage has changes, we no longer ride hourse as our main transportation. In the railroad lexicon a Hostler moves trains around a yard.

I'm a closet etymologist.

 

Cool - I love lingo and jargon from other professions. Thanks for the info. Now what about this:
"Then I went to the sims, came back, did some check rides, and marked up."
Sounds rather painful!

 

sims= simulators...like a train simulator, check rides is when an offical rides with you to see if you can move the train properly and safely. marking up is being put on a board. a borad is a rotating pool...like they just call guys of the board and every time a guy gets called your one closer to being called...railroaders work on call 24/7 unless your in the yard...

 

Nice. Thanks for the peek inside the railroad industry.

 

hey no problem, the rail road is kind of addicting when you actually start doing it...honestly im 19 and i dont think im ever going to leave this place...i mean you do get some of the same bs that you get at other jobs...but you know what i love the work and it pays really well soo i cant complain!!!

 

Actually, this is a favorite of mine. I've owned my 2001 Excursion Diesel 4x4 for five years, and just bought my 2005 MCSC on Saturday.

- Jim L