| Beginning With: "L" |
| LADDER |
Main track of yard from which individual tracks lead off. Also called a lead. (See yard) |
| LAPLANDER |
Passenger jostled into someone else's lap in crowded car |
| LAST CALL, LAST TERMINAL, etc |
Death |
| LAY OVER |
Time spent waiting for connection with other train |
| LAY-BY |
Passing track, sidetrack. Layed out is delayed |
| LCL |
Less than carload lots of freight |
| LETTERS |
Service letters given to men who resign or are discharged. Applicants for railroad jobs are usually asked to present letters proving previous employment. In the old days, when these were too unfavorable, many boomers used faked letters or would work under a flag on somebody else's certificates |
| LEVER JERKER |
Interlocker lever man |
| LIBRARY |
Cupola of caboose. Trainman occupying it was sometimes known as a librarian |
| LIFT TRANSPORTATION |
Collect tickets |
| LIGHT ENGINE |
An engine moving outside the yard without cars attached |
| LIGHTNING SLINGER |
Telegraph operator |
| LINER |
Passenger train |
| LINK AND PIN |
Old-time type of coupler; used to denote oldfashioned methods of railroading |
| LIZARD SCORCHER |
Dining-car chef |
| LOADS |
Loaded freight cars |
| LOCAL LOAD |
A truckload of mail in sacks and parcels sent from the storage car direct to a car on a local train, containing mail for towns along the route of the train |
| LOUSE CAGE |
Caboose |
| LUNAR WHITE |
The color of white used on all switches except on main line |
| LUNCH HOOKS |
Your two hands |
| LUNG |
Drawbar or air hose |
| LUNG DOCTOR |
Locomotive engineer who pulls out drawbars. Also lung specialist |
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