[78-L] RR nicknames--was: Thursday Night Trivia, onta Friday mourning

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Rice" <bobrice at snet.net>
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> But did sales of RR tickets get a boost from " On the New York, New
> Haven and Hartford" in 1912? Brand name poked fun of?  The RR name , ya 
> have
> to admit DOES have a sorta musical lilt? Easier to work with than on the
> "Pennsylvania RR"Or "On the Long Island" Or Amtrak??Think of what they
> coulda done with the "Live Oak, Perry and Golf" an obscure short line in
> Florida, the "Lean Over , Push and Grunt! As it was known locally!
>
There was also a tune (IIRC) titled "The Night Boat To Albany," which was
based on a boat service which ran up/down the Hudson River...?!

However...this message suggests a whole NEW thread! This is "Nicknames
of rail-roads based on the initials on their boxcars or...?!" For example, 
the
"Rock Island line" was formally the "Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific" or
"CRI & P" which was known among its employees as "the cry and pee" for
obvious reasons! As well, the TP&W was known as "Take Patience and
Wait" (officially, the Toledo, Peoria and Western, BTW) in the days when
it ran passenger service...!

Anyone out therei in Radio-Land know any others?!

...stevenc