Glossary 4
OPEN SWITCH When switch is open, the main track is connected to a siding or spur ORNAMENT Station Master 0. S. To report a train to the dispatcher when it departs a station PADDLE Semaphore signal PARLOR Caboose PARLOR SHACK Rear brakeman on a freight train PECK Twenty minute lunch stop PEDDLE Set out freight cars PEDDLER Local freight train PIG PEN Roundhouse PIKE Railroad PILOT An employe assigned to the train when the engineer or conductor is not acquainted with the rules or portion of railroad which train is to be moved PINK Caution card POP Safety valve POSSUM BELLY Tool box mounted under caboose or tender POUND HER To work a locomotive to its capacity PULL FREIGHT To quit a job PULL THE PIN To quit a job or quit for the day RAIL The T shaped iron a train runs on or a railroader RATTLER Freight train RAWHIDER A supervisor that drives his men extra hard RED BALL Fast freight REEFER Refrigerator car REGULAR TRAIN A train authorized by timetable RIGHTS OF A TRAIN Rights that one train possesses over another as defined by train order, time table, or direction RIGHT TO THE ROAD The right of a train to occupy the main track at a particular time or place RIP TRACK Siding used for minor car repair
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