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| AMTRAK | Another Metro Train Rolls Along Keenly |
Sean Lamb (Amtrak is the national passenger carrier of the US) Commerce:Companies |
| CAMELBACK | Cab's About Middle. Engineer Looks Back And Controls Kettle. |
Sean Lamb (a camelback locomotive is a steam engine where the control cab is wrapped around the middle of the boiler rather than at the rear end of it; smaller locomotives were also sometimes called 'tea kettles') |
| ERIE | Erie Railroad Is Extinct |
Sean Lamb (the Erie Railroad, chartered in 1832, ran between New York City and Buffalo (on Lake Erie) until it was merged into the Erie Lackawanna in the 1950s and later Conrail, which has now been split between CSX and Norfolk Southern) |
| GRADE | Generally Railroads Aren't Deliberately Elevated |
Sean Lamb (The easiest tracks on which to control trains are perfectly level [with a 0% grade] and perfectly straight) |
| JUNCTION | Jumbled Underground Network Comes Together Into One Nexus |
Angela Brett Places |
| KETTLE | Keeping Engineers Tooting Their Little Engines |
Sean Lamb - A kettle (an abbreviation of tea-kettle) refers to any very small steam locomotive, usually one without a tender. |
| LUAS | Locals Understand As 'Speed' |
Angela Brett -- According to http://www.lrta.org/luasindex.html: What does the name LUAS stand for? Luas is the Irish word for speed and so (as it is not an abbreviation) should be written Luas rather than L.U.A.S. I beg to differ! |
| RABHADH | Read And Beware, Here Are Dire Hazards |
Angela Brett, who noticed this word on a train as the Irish translation of 'warning'. People & Relationships:Disaster |
| RAILROAD | Riding Along In Luxury, Railroads Often Are Delightful |
Sean Lamb |
| STEAM | Sometimes The Engines Are Magical |
Sean Lamb |
| TRAIN | Transporting Resources And Interconnecting Nations |
Sean Lamb |
| UDE | Ultimate Deceleration Event |
Sean Lamb (UDE is a railroad acronym for UnDesired Emergency, as in an event where the brake system on a train is set to the "Emergency" setting, bringing the train to a stop as absolutely soon as possible. Most often a train is set into Emergency when a car is stopped on a railroad crossing or desides to drive around the gates; engineers in this situation are normally granted a psychological leave for a short period.) Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| WAGON | We Are Getting On Now. |
Angela Brett |