Train Nicknames...

[Juniper Driver]

Errrrrrrr hope this isn't too boring or been done recently but I was just thinking of the train/engine nicknames...some I know probably old hat.

158 Scrapheap Challenge
159 Turbos
442 Plastic Pigs wessies.
455 Four Slide Slide
450 Roberts (Robert Dersiro) Doodlebugs
444 Arkwrights
458 Microwaves?
315 Mickey Mouse (in my time at Ilford Carriage siding in the early/mid 80's.)
To do with the livery at the time.
421 Greyhounds
411? Kent Coasters

Cant tthink of any more at the moment...any offers?

Found this remember some of them.

http://www.rodge.force9.co.uk/faq/nicknames.html

 

[466.networkers]

365/465/466 - Notworker
357/375/6/7 - Electrasauna

Theres a few for you.

 

[Juniper Driver]

I like Electrasauna heard the notworker before.

 

[EE Type 3]

08 - Gronk
09 - Super Gronk
20 - Bomb, Bonnet, Chopper, Wardrobe
24 - Skinhead
25 - Rat
31 - Goyle, Ped
33 - Shredder, Bathtub, Crompton
35 - Hymek
37 - Tractor, Growler, Syphon
40 - Bucket, Whistler
44 - Peak
45 - Peak
46 - Peak
47 - Duff, Spoon
50 - Vac, Log, Hoover
52 - Wizzo, Thousand
55 - Deltic, U-boat, Lawnmower
56 - Grid
57 - Bodysnatcher
58 - Bone
60 - Tug, Doughnut
66 - Shed
67 - Skip

 

[mbonwick]

20 - Gay (Due to their..uhhh....shape and being found in pairs)
Anything Desiro - Desastro

 

[37412]

08 - Gronk
09 - Super Gronk
20 - Bomb, Bonnet, Chopper, Wardrobe
24 - Skinhead
25 - Rat
31 - Goyle, Ped
33 - Shredder, Bathtub, Crompton
35 - Hymek
37 - Tractor, Growler, Syphon
40 - Bucket, Whistler
44 - Peak
45 - Peak
46 - Peak
47 - Duff, Spoon
50 - Vac, Log, Hoover
52 - Wizzo, Thousand
55 - Deltic, U-boat, Lawnmower
56 - Grid
57 - Bodysnatcher
58 - Bone
60 - Tug, Doughnut
66 - Shed
67 - Skip

Pretty correct there on the loco front, just a few others i know of:

03: Flower Pot
14: Teddy Bear
24: Never heard em called skinheads, thought that was 31's without headcode blind or marker lights.
26 & 27: McRat
33: Bagpipe if a /1
37: For those that don't like them nose-ped has been known.
46: Nose Duff
52: Lawnmower
57: Ronnie, although the origins of that I do not know.
81-85: Roarers
90: Skoda
92: Hair dryer.

 

[Juniper Driver]

Disastro forgot that one.

47 Brush?
37s English Electric.

Lots I haven't heard before though.

 

[37412]

47 Brush?
37s English Electric.

They are the builders of the locos although brush did seem to stick with 47 despite them building other locos.

 

[EE Type 3]

24s known as Skinheads is a pretty local term, 31s never ventuered over here

I think 57601 was called Ronnie, as in Purple Ronnie?

31s were also known as Toffee Apples

 

[Juniper Driver]

I remember the 31/0's when at school and calling 37 EE and 47 Brush.

 

[P156KWJ]

20: chopper, razor blade, moose, roller skates (when in pairs), wheelchair, whistler, whistling wardrobes, H-Bomb
24/25/26/27: Tipping s**t, fruit machine, rat
31: Soil, skinhead, Ice cream van (NSE livery), toffee apple
45: wagons
47/7s: Shove duffs
50: Hoover/ vac, 50-50 (the chance they'd finish a diagram without failing)
56: Grid, Christmas tree, Jet
58: Bone, Eggtimer
59: Mashed potato
66: Ikea, shed
73: weetabix box
153: scud, dog box, flying brick, super bubble
165/6: Turdo
304: dinosaur
315: mickey mouse
465/6: notworker (well what did BR expect eh!)

 

[37412]

31: Ice cream van (NSE livery)

hock: An NSE Ped???

50-50 (the chance they'd finish a diagram without failing)

Thats twiggged another one, flashover device. Think it is very derogetory myself, 50's are hell when they get a proper load on a proper length line!

 

[P156KWJ]

oh yeah, class 14: iron lungs

 

[87015]

26 & 27: McRat

Nasty Ned News nickname - no need!

few others not yet mentioned
20 - (wheel)chair
24 - yogi
50 - dob
86 - cancrap / rancid can
90 - skod / skodajunk / rubbish / swear word of choice.

 

[37412]

86 - cancrap / rancid can
90 - skod / skodajunk / rubbish / swear word of choice.

Bit of a grudge eh? Too many bowl outs on the WCML was it?

 

[driver9000]

142: Nodding Donkey
153: Doodlebug, Skateboard
HST: Tram

 

[Bayum]

158 - Coffin

 

[37402]

365501-365515 when they moved to WAGN were known as "ex-Con's" (for obvious reasons).

 

[Gizmogle]

23 - Baby Deltic
37/9 - Slug
142 - Pacer
220/221 - Vomiter
390 - Bendydildo

 

[Respite]

08 Jocko
09 turbo jocko
56 smoke machine, screamer.
60 politician
153 arthur (unit), dogbox,skate,
158 super scud
175 sh*t
220 Vulgar
390 Pendodildo

Any EMU, oversize hornby train, souless, sparker.

 

[Mintona]

As Dave correctly said earlier, Ronnie did indeed originate from when 57601 wore Porterbrook Purple, hence the name "Purple Ronnie".
And 47s were "Brush 4s" before they were spoons or duffs.

 

[hairyhandedfool]

33/2 Slim Jim
47/7 (ex-scotrail) Shuv Duff

 

[Bastiaan]

66 - Ying-Ying
14x - Bus

 

[Gizmogle]

142s - Pacers, railbuses, buses, nodding donkeys, bouncy castles

 

[466.networkers]

Class 395 - Flying Condom!

 

[P156KWJ]

142s - Pacers, railbuses, buses, nodding donkeys, bouncy castles

jungle bus too

class 380: snow ramp, angles

class 390: pendowobble

 

[laseandre]

380: plough

 

[Gizmogle]

460 - Darth Vader

 

[CraigS]

360 - Darth Vader

I thought is was the 460s that were known as Darth Vaders?

 

[Gizmogle]

Sorry, that's what I meant