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From: Burton.osbunorth@Xerox.ARPA
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Subject: Re: New Hope and Ivyland
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Date: Wed, 18-Dec-85 16:27:20 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 18 16:27:20 1985
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More on RR  (and transit system) acroynyms:

NY, NH, & H RR - New York, New Haven, and Hartford RR.
     No Yuse, No Hope and Helpless RR

NYCRR - New York Central RR
     No You Can't RR (how the old 'Central treated railfans)

DL&W - Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western-
     Delay, Linger, and Wait

NW, O &W - New York, Ontario and Western RR
     Old Woman

Erie Railroaad
      Eerie Railroad

MTA - Boston's Metropolitan Transit Authority
    Metropolitan Transit, Antiquated

BMT - Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Co.  (now part of the  New York City
subway system)
     Bats, Mice, and Toads

IRT - Interborough Rapid Transit Co.  (now part of the  New York City
subway system)
     Incredibly Rotten Transit

CC line of the IND, part of the New York City subway system
     Concourse Creeper

GG line of the IND, part of the New York City subway system
     Greenpoint Galavanter


No doubt there are more.

When I was in high school, my railfan friends and I would collect these
names, making up a few of our own, especially for the New York subways.
We also composed a song, "Scrapping Canarsie," (BMT Canarsie line, now
called LL), to the tune of "Waltzing Matilda."

Those were the days.

Phil Burton,
Xerox Corporation
415 496 6514
Intelnet 8*922-6514