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Switching technique in which the engine pulls away from a car or cars she has started rolling, permitting them to be switched onto a track other than that taken by the engine. The switch is thrown instantly after the engine has passed it and just before the cars reach it. This procedure, common in bygone days, is now frowned upon by officials
Brakeman, occupant of caboose. Shacks master is a conductor SHAKE 'EM UP-Switching
Pole used to shove cars into the clear when switching. (See stake)
Noun. Switching from one television channel to another in search of an interesting programme. [Orig. U.S.]
Switching movement in which cars are cut off from an engine and allowed to coast to their places. (See hump)
System of tracks for making up trains or storing cars. (Boomer's version: "System of rust surrounded y fence and inhabited by a dumb bunch of natives who will not let a train in or out.") Also called garden and ield. Yard geese are yard switchmen. Y.M. is yardmaster. Yard goat is switching engine
Used generally by switchmen when a yard engine is switching a string of cars
Contents or equipment of a train. Report form sent ahead so yardmaster can make plans for switching the train. The report is usually dropped off to an operator; this is dropping the consist
Pole used in dangerous and now rare method of switching. A cut of cars was shoved by a stake attached to the car immediately in front of the engine. This method was supposed to be superior to the ordinary method of "batting them out" because there was less wear and tear on drawbars and less damage to freight; but the human casualties that resulted gave more than one yard the nickname "slaughterhouse." Another meaning of stake is the money a boomer saved on a job so he could resign and continue eating regularly while looking for another job
Engineer or conductor in switching service who is always in a hurry
Member of the crew that follows the engine in switching
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Slangs & AI derived meanings
v. to fight.Â
Ninepennyworth was mid−th century slang for a nine−month prison sentence.
The room or space where the ship's paint and painting supplies are stored. It is usually much larger than what is known as a "locker".
okay or that’s right
Good, right
Snuffbox was old slang for the nose.
To have sex with many people; "He's never at home because he sleeps around so much."
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A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Switch
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