Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1901 — Trainmen's Talk Translated. [ARTICLE]

Trainmen's Talk Translated.

A sample of railroad trainmen’s up to date vernacular is given below: The head brakeman was making a report of a collision. He intended to explain that the conductor was examining the orders in the cupalo of the caboose, the rear brakeman was cooling a journal, the fireman was breaking coal, the engineer was oiling the engine and the head brakeman was throwing the switch when the trains came together. What he really said was this: “The oon was flipping the tissue in the dog house, the hind shaok was freezing a hot tube near the hind end, Tallow Pot was cracking diamonds in the tank, Pusher was down greasing the pig and I was bending the rails when she hit us.”