| Beginning With: "O" |
| O.R.C. |
Conductor. (See big O) |
| OILCAN |
Tank car |
| OLD GIRL |
Affectionate term for steam engine |
| OLD HAND |
Experienced railroader. Also called old head |
| OLD HEAD |
Lots of Seniority |
| OLD MAN |
Superintendent or general manager |
| OLE HOSS |
Salvage warehouse, or freight on hand |
| ON THE ADVERTISED |
According to schedule; right on time. Often called on the card (timecard) and sometimes on the cat hop |
| ON THE CARPET |
Commoner version of dancing on the carpet |
| ON THE GROUND |
On the ties, as a derailed train |
| ON THE SPOT |
See spot |
| OP |
Telegraph operator |
| OPEN THE GATE |
Switch a train onto or off a siding. Close the gate means to close the switch after the train has passed it |
| OPEN-AIR NAVIGATOR |
Hobo riding freight on top |
| ORDER BOARD |
See board |
| OS |
On (train) sheet; to report a train by to dispatcher |
| OUT |
When a trainman is at a point other than his home terminal, either on or off duty, he is out |
| OUTLAWED |
See dogcatchers |
| OVER THE KNOLL |
Getting up the hill |
| OVERLAP |
Where two block signals control the same stretch of track OWL-Streetcar or train that runs late at night; almost anything having to do with night |
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