| Beginning With: "J" |
| JACK |
Locomotive. (A term often confused with the lifting device, hence seldom used) |
| JACKPOT |
Miscellaneous assortment of mail and parcels piled in the aisle of a baggage car and requiring removal before the mail in the stalls can be "worked" |
| JAILHOUSE SPUDS |
Waffled potatoes |
| JAM BUSTER |
Assistant yardmaster |
| JAM NUTS |
Doughnuts |
| JANNEY |
To couple; derived from the Janney automatic coupler |
| JAWBONE SHACK |
Switch shanty |
| JAY ROD |
Clinker hook |
| JERK A DRINK |
Take water from track pan without stopping train. From this came the word jerkwater, which usually means a locality serving only to supply water to the engines of passing trains; a Place other than a regular stop, hence of minor importance as jerkwater town, jerkwater college, etc. |
| JERK SOUP |
Same as jerk a drink |
| JERK-BY |
See flying switch |
| JERRY |
Section worker; sometimes applied to other laborers |
| JEWEL |
Journal brass |
| JIGGER |
Full tonnage of "dead" freight |
| JIMMIES |
Four-wheel coal or ore cars |
| JITNEY |
Four-wheel electric truck that carries baggage around inside a terminal. Also unregulated private automobile that carried passengers on public highways for 5-cent fare in direct competition with trolley cars |
| JOHNSON BAR |
Reverse lever on a locomotive. (See drop 'er down) |
| JOIN THE BIRDS |
Jump from moving engine or car, usually when a wreck is imminent |
| JOINT |
A length of rail, generally 33 or 39 feet. Riding to a joint is bringing cars together so that they couple |
| JOKER |
In dependent or locomotive brake, part of E-T (engine-train) equipment |
| JUGGLER |
Member of way-freight crew who loads and unloads LCL freight at station stops |
| JUGGLING THE CIRCLE |
Missing a train-order hoop |
| JUICE |
Electricity. Juice fan is one who makes a hobby out of electric railways (juice lines) |
| JUNK PILE |
Old worn-out locomotive that is still in service. |
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