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Robert J. Macdonald wrote: > > Just a word about the use of the word "lashups" Recently, in Pacific Rail > News the professional railroader who writes a monthly column was commenting > on certail railfan practices including referring to locomotive consists as > "lashups." Practicing railroaders apparently never use the term and when > railfans use it they classify the user as a "daisey picker", a person not > to be taken seriously. Most railroaders don't even know what the word > means. My own pet peeve is to read a caption referring to a consist of > several locomotives or units as a "brace." A brace of something is two of > something and no more. Good point. Several years ago I shot and scripted a BNSF safety film about proper methods for inspecting air hoses between locomotives. Management made it quite clear that a group of locomotives, coupled together and MU'ed for service on the road is a "locomotive consist." They insisted that no other term be used, especially the words "cut" or "motors." The latter is a term still used by oldtimers around Barstow and is a carryover from steam days, and the former is a term that only applies to cars. You would think that the term "covered wagons" to describe carbody and cowl units (F's, E's, F45s, PAs) is a railfan phrase, but I've heard it in general use even today around the Barstow diesel shop. --David R. Busse Diamond Bar, Calif. > ======================================================= -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message © 1998 SPORRS® - All Rights Reserved =======================================================
