What does your Forum User Name mean?

[MrsRedlegTexian]

MrsRedlegTexian

Mrs. - I’m married
Redleg - someone who crews cannons
Texian - what Texans were called originally during the fight for independence and nationhood (1835ish - 1845ish)

My husband is one of the leading cannoneers in the Texas Revolutionary reenactment community. He trains state agencies how to safely use cannons in addition to being the manager of a historical park.

I love photographing and working on the cannons so it’s a good way for me to show my connection to him and the community.

 

[JulieLovesCars]

My handle comes from my lifelong love of cars.

 

[fordt]

Fordt…..Ford (model) T…. Finishing up my third one…a 26 Roadster pickup….

 

[OmahaRoad]

This is a fun thread! My username comes from the old Omaha Road--otherwise known as the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway, which was a wholly owned subsidiary railroad of the Chicago & North Western for most of its existence. Although the 'Omaha's' trackage ultimately included a number of lines in Wisconsin, specifically to Elroy, WI along with various parts of western and northern WI, and a line to Mitchell, SD, its signature route was, of course, St. Paul, MN to Omaha, NE, via Sioux City.

I grew up along the Omaha's erstwhile St. Paul and Sioux City Division, in a house about three blocks from the tracks. I always enjoyed the lonely, yet adventurous sound of the train at night, seeing the trains (now UP) go by, and the activity in the train yard, which is one of the (relatively speaking) larger ones between the Twin Cities and Sioux City. Of course, there's not be passengers service there since the mid to late 50s, though MN activists would like to someday see the St. Paul-Omaha route restored mainly on the same trackage, or even a route to Sioux Falls via the line that once stretched to Mitchell. The latter is a pipe dream, but hey, if *I* won the Powerball or otherwise came into $, you betcha that my rich-person vanity project would be to start a non-Amtrak passenger train service through my old hometown!

So, my username is definitely a fun and nostalgic one, and I'm glad I chose it!

 

[Asher]

Fordt…..Ford (model) T…. Finishing up my third one…a 26 Roadster pickup….

I’m in the midst of putting a 31 AA ford back together after foolishly taking it apart years ago.

 

[Sunrobber]

My handle is pieces/parts of my first, Nick name and last name. Sun is the first part of my last name, Robber is my nickname a x the “er” is taken out of Robert.

 

[Sunrobber]

My handle is pieces/parts of my first, Nick name and last name. Sun is the first part of my last name, Robber is my nickname a x the “er” is taken out of Robert.

Fat fingers the the “a x.” that should be “and”

 

[Bostontoallpoints]

https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:8c97nb26d

 

[PNW Pax]

PNW = Pacific Northwest where I live.
Pax = passenger

 

[SecondChildhood]

A few years ago, I developed an interest in cycling and bought a recumbent trike. I rode a trike when I was five years old and I find myself riding a trike again, so apparently I must be in my SecondChildhood.

 

[WBG Station 1935]

Nothing exciting, just the year that the Williamsburg, Virginia Amtrak station was built.

 

[uncleboots]

My Uncle Boots worked for the Wabash RR

 

[BlackDiamond]

Somewhat self explanatory. I live in Maine and I like trains especially the (now rare unfortunately) times I get to ride Amtrak, although I do have a Downeaster + MBTA trip to Rhode Island coming up this month. There are no train tracks anywhere near where I now live, the easternmost town in the USA, but there are ships and boats a plenty which is some consolation.

 

[LongHauler]

Ride mostly coast to coast.

 

[SantaFe69]

The train I rode weekly as a grade schooler was the Santa Fe (AT& SF) Texas Chief . My first trip and the beginning of my love of train travel was in 1969.

 

[pennyk]

This thread has been dormant for a while and was pretty much hidden. I have moved it to the top of this forum. Hopefully, it will get more visibility now. In the past, many members found it interesting. I hope new members participate and find it interesting also.

My username is my name "penny"

 

[basketmaker]

basketmaker was my citizens band radio (CB) handle starting in the 60's. When I got online in the late 70's I was registering to GE Genie and the called the screen name a handle. So I used it and have for the last 45+ years.

 

[AUAdmin]

Awesome Ultimate Admin.

 

[Widfara]

easternmost town in the USA, but there are ships and boats a plenty which is some consolation.

Lubec? I was there a couple of years ago. It was sadly an unhappy town during and just after covid. I went there to go to the easternmost point of the contiguous US, at West Quoddy Head on Passamaquoddy Bay. The 8 year old me would've driven my parents mad repeating those words over and over, savoring the magick.

 

[Widfara]

Anglo-Saxon for Traveler (Wide faring)

I';m 75 now, and still traveling. Road trip this coming spring. Rail trip forming (foaming) in my mind for summer and fall.

 

[BlackDiamond]

Lubec? I was there a couple of years ago. It was sadly an unhappy town during and just after covid. I went there to go to the easternmost point of the contiguous US, at West Quoddy Head on Passamaquoddy Bay. The 8 year old me would've driven my parents mad repeating those words over and over, savoring the magick.

I am now living in Pennsylvania so I felt I had to change my screen name. The area where I now live is the Slate Belt just North of the Lehigh Valley in Eastern PA. Originally home to several railroads (Reading, Lehigh Valley, Lehigh and New England, Lackawanna, Jersey Central) whose bread and butter was hauling coal, primarily clean burning Anthracite out of the mines of Eastern PA. The LV had named its crack passenger train the Black Diamond a nickname for coal. While these railroads prospered initially, the decline in the use of coal for domestic and commercial heating resulted in the decline of these railroads, who found that there was too much competition for the remaining freight. Most of the L&NE was abandoned outright (the right of way of the former main line passes within a block of my house without a trace; however the old roundhouse and car shop buildings for their Pen Argyl Yard still exist); the others were absorbed into Conrail and now most of what is left of them is part of NS or CSX, plus a few short lines - e.g. Blue Mountain and Reading, Delaware Lackawanna.

My avatar photo was taken in 1976 so just about the time of the Conrail takeover; there was a small yard in Bethlehem PA where some LV equipment was parked. The track was formerly the CNJ main line whose lines in PA were taken over by the LV. The CNJ had an attractive passenger station in Bethlehem that last saw service in 1967 when the last Allentown to Jersey City train was withdrawn (unfortunately just before I became an undergraduate at Lehigh University). The small yard no longer exists but the station is still in use as a restaurant.

 

[PaTrainFan]

I live in Pittsburgh and the now named Pittsburgh Regional Transit was for so many years affectionately known as Port Authority Transit (PATransit). Old habits die hard and I still can't get used to the new moniker after two and a half years of the rebranding. From about 1975 to 1989 it ran a forlorn little 18-mile long commuter train called PATrain, which pre-dated my permanent residency here but I have always wished I could have enjoyed its service. Nevertheless, PATrainFan is my portmanteau as I am a lifelong train fan in general.

 

[Saddleshoes]

I am now living in Pennsylvania so I felt I had to change my screen name. The area where I now live is the Slate Belt just North of the Lehigh Valley in Eastern PA. Originally home to several railroads (Reading, Lehigh Valley, Lehigh and New England, Lackawanna, Jersey Central) whose bread and butter was hauling coal, primarily clean burning Anthracite out of the mines of Eastern PA. The LV had named its crack passenger train the Black Diamond a nickname for coal. While these railroads prospered initially, the decline in the use of coal for domestic and commercial heating resulted in the decline of these railroads, who found that there was too much competition for the remaining freight. Most of the L&NE was abandoned outright (the right of way of the former main line passes within a block of my house without a trace; however the old roundhouse and car shop buildings for their Pen Argyl Yard still exist); the others were absorbed into Conrail and now most of what is left of them is part of NS or CSX, plus a few short lines - e.g. Blue Mountain and Reading, Delaware Lackawanna.

My avatar photo was taken in 1976 so just about the time of the Conrail takeover; there was a small yard in Bethlehem PA where some LV equipment was parked. The track was formerly the CNJ main line whose lines in PA were taken over by the LV. The CNJ had an attractive passenger station in Bethlehem that last saw service in 1967 when the last Allentown to Jersey City train was withdrawn (unfortunately just before I became an undergraduate at Lehigh University). The small yard no longer exists but the station is still in use as a restaurant.

Hey Black Diamond
I lived in Bethlehem in 73-75 and worked in Nazareth . (One of my jobs was unloading Lehigh and Lackawanna Coal Cars.)
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

 

[GariYaMoshi]

Gari ya moshi is Kiswahili for train. It translates to smoky vehicle - a reference to steam trains. Rode on Kenya Railways when I lived there in the early '90's, some of the rolling stock was still from the British colonial days (which ended in the 1963).

Have loved trains for forever because we grew up across the street from the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul line which was Milwaukee Road at the time the line was abandoned. For a long time I thought it was Chicago and Northwestern's line but it could be that CNW was just using it. CNW remains my favorite railroad and I love seeing the heritage unit and legacy cars on the rails. Favorite locomotive is the EMD F7 - just love the way they look.

Wish I could remember the locomotive type from those by-gone days. Probably don't because we were so focused on having the engineer wave at us at the crossing - the neighborhood kids all gathered around when the train would be coming through. There was no notice that the line would be abandoned (at least not to the kids) and we were surprised when train traffic stopped. It was certainly not a profitable line as it would only be a few box cars in the consist going out to a rural community. Sad day when they tore out the rails because we really were hoping the trains would return. It is now a walking/biking trail.

Live in the "big city" now and can hear the train whistles at night from a couple of different lines. If I time my commute right (I mean, running late to work), I can see Wisconsin Commercial in action.
Trains are my favorite form of transportation.

 

[hlcteacher]

it is what i used to do...where i taught