Train Nicknames...

[Freightliner]

142s (Pacers) have the absolutely ridiculous nickname of 'nodding donkeys' - can anyone tell me why?

 

[laseandre]

Because they bounce up and down, apparently.

 

[John_158]

But not as much theesedays with the track improvements and the improvemnts made to the suspension.

 

[Juniper Driver]

Class 24 - Postman

Pray,but why?

 

[TDK]

Because they bounce up and down, apparently.

The old southern EMU 4-EPB was pleasantly known as a 4- Every Person Bounces

 

[Juniper Driver]

What did 2HAP mean?

I remember driving these.

 

[Guinness]

(Half LavatoryStock) Hal electro-Pneumatic Brake Stock

 

[ruanerichard]

158-flea bus called that for the amount of fleas in the carpet

 

[Oswyntail]

142s (Pacers) have the absolutely ridiculous nickname of 'nodding donkeys' - can anyone tell me why?

A long time coming, but...
A nodding donkey is one of those oil well pump thingys where a "horizontal" beam rocks on a central pivot, much in the manner of a short wheelbase type like a pacer.

 

[yorksrob]

Are Class 321's still known as Dusty bins?

 

[O L Leigh]

Yup. Or just "Bins" for short.

O L Leigh

 

[Juniper Driver]

SWT's 158's and 159'1s Scrapheap Challenge.

 

[SouthEastern-465]

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

Theres a few for you.

I think only the class 465/466 "Networkers" were nicknamed "Notworkers" because of them keep failing when they were due to replace the Class 415 EPB units and this is why the EPBs stayed until march 1995.

I dont think the class 365s "Networkers" were ever called "Notworkers" correct me if im wrong anyone.

 

[JustinStacey.x]

390 (Pendolino) - Wasp Don't Understand thus one but they do remind me of a P****S if you look at th shape of the front carefully you will know what i mean.

Yeahhh... you're not the only one who's spotted that... They have a rather rude nickname which I won't repeat here, as well.

I personally don't have many nicknames for trains except I call 158s hoovers, as thats what ours sound like here. They don't seem to revv so much as they just make a vaccum-ey noise. 170s and Voyagers also sound like hoovers.

314 213 is 'clunker' because of an odd clunking sound she makes when the driver applies the throttle from a stand, followed by a loud AC hum from underneath the floor. All 314s that I know of make the hum, so I call them Power Stations on Wheels, because thats literally what they sound like, when you're sat right behind the driver's cab.

 

[class313]

Class 378- moving corridors, because of them having no doors between the carriages, and barely any seats
Finnish Trains:
VR Bo-Bo DV16- 'Vempu' (Don't know why)
VR Bo-Bo SR1- 'siperian susi'(wolf of Siberia), because they were built in Russia/'Kaalihakki' (cabbage cage), don't know why. Full info.

 

[sheff'd victoria]

Class 76 ( Tommy's )

 

[fgwrich]

One thing I don't understand though, why does the VT 57s get called Ronnie's as well? I've seen somewhere saying its a Ronnie, thought its a normal VT 57/3...

Ive got to say i love this thread...Never knew half the nickanmes on here before...

As for the VT 57's - hadnt heard them being nicknamed Ronnies aswell apart from 57601 due to its original Porterbrook livery... but i suppose that goes for all the 57 fleet...Though i know there main nickname seems to be bodysnatchers...becasue of the GM engine replacing the original Sulzer one...though i still love them...Ok heres mine...

Class57 / 601 Purple Ronnie, Body Snatchers, Genetically Modified
Class 153 / Dogbox...Where that came from i dont know...
Class 170 / Turdostar...self explanitary really...

And from Rail Magazine recently, FGW's 143619 i think, was dubbed Evil Edna buy Chris Leigh...

rich

 

[317666]

150s - Furnaces
141s - Bouncy Castles
121s - Bubble Cars
185s - Pennines
158s - Scuds
101s - Bogs
378s - Capitalstars
08s - Gronks
60s - Tugs
50s - Hoovers
40s - Whistlers
37s - Growlers
52s - Westerns
43s (locos not HSTs) - Warships

 

[mallard]

Cl91: Dung Beetle (from the apparent likeness to the said insect caused by the high pan).

I thought that had more to do with some people's opinion of the Mk4 stock?

 

[yorksrob]

Yup. Or just "Bins" for short.

O L Leigh

The spirit of Ted Rogers lives on !

 

[Kneedown]

153 = Wedge.... Cos i always seem to get the thin end!

 

[Drsatan]

Hey why are 150s known as "furnaces"?

 

[krus_aragon]

Hey why are 150s known as "furnaces"?

I think the engine cooling system is coupled to the heaters, and in order to keep the engines running in hot weather the passengers get roasted. (I may be confusing this feature with pacers.)

 

[Lampshade]

I thought 150/1s were Greenhouses

 

[317666]

The heaters on the Northern 150s are always on full blast, apparently.

 

[mbonwick]

You are right, the heat take off for the saloon on a 150 (and most buses) is between the engine and radiator. So having the heating on helps keep the engine cool, however when this is most needed (in summer) the sallon really shouldn't need heating.

 

[37401]

170 Turdostar
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153 = Wedge.... Cos i always seem to get the thin end!

, bet you see the 43 cab as heaven on rails

 

[class313]

Class 378- Crapitalstars

 

[43050]

Ive made up a few names
LUL unit = worm, due to...well its way of getting around and being underground
cl92 = vaccum, due to the sound.

Official ones are that i know of...
cl158 = scud
cl50 = hoover
cl142 = skippers, slippers or nodding donkeys
cl76 = tommys
im sure there was a Teddy but dont recall what class
cl60 = Tug
cl66 = shed
cl67 = skip
cl37 = tractor

 

[EM2]

Class 14s were Teddy Bears