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Ive heard the term 'mule' used here in VA on the ole N&W before as well. 
'Gotta go start the mule' or 'yeah you left your paper on the mule'

Nathan

Nathan Simmons
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On 12/10/2013 18:45, NW Mailing List wrote:

> My 2 cents.....and I've listened to railroad personnel a lot on 

> scanners and radios over the years.  I first noticed folks in and 

> around Bluefield at least 20 years ago referring to diesel locomotives 

> as motors and believed as others previously stated that it was a 

> latent term going back to the days of electrification on the N&W and 

> Virginian.  Oddly enough over recent years I've herd the term used on 

> other parts of NS including former Southern territories but until this 

> discussion began it hadn't really registered to me.  During my just 

> completed round trip driving and railfannng to Arizona I can remember 

> both UP and BNSF personnel using the term on multiple occasions.  On 

> the other side when living in Ohio in the 70's and regularly being in 

> and around PC, EL, B&O, and N&W operations and personnel I can't 

> remember one instance of the term being used.......   ??

>

> Ed Painter

>

>

>

> On Dec 10, 2013, at 4:40 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org 

> <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:

>

>> Gary

>>    People say change is good. I like the term motors better then 

>> units. I often here the pocky dispatcher

>> say "Tie your horses up and lock the doors"  Of course that works on 

>> NS  I don,t know how that would workout

>> on CSX

>> Larry

>>

>>     ----- Original Message -----

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>>     *Sent:*Tuesday, December 10, 2013 1:03 PM

>>     *Subject:*RE: Motors

>>

>>     Just to confuse things more, theoretically, the diesel motor on

>>     the diesel-electric locomotive is properly called the 'prime

>>     mover' as it supplies mechanical work to the generator/alternator

>>     , then the electricity to the electrical transmission components

>>     and drive motors on the locomotive.

>>     Gary Rolih

>>     *From:*nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org

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>>     <mailto:mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org>]*On Behalf Of*NW Mailing List

>>     *Sent:*Monday, December 09, 2013 11:17 PM

>>     *To:*NW Mailing List

>>     *Subject:*Re: Motors

>>     "The times they are 'a changin'".

>>     Well, actually, already changed. I heard them called motors for

>>     years on the yard. But Jimmy is right, in that they were most

>>     commonly referred to as units. Then I worked with one conductor

>>     who almost always called them .....what else?....."Diesels".

>>     Jeff Sanders

>>

>>     On Monday, December 9, 2013 10:39 AM, NW Mailing List

>>     <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:

>>     You are right Richard. Back when I was in freight, many

>>     engineers, one in particular named Charlie Linkous always

>>     referred to the consist as motors.

>>     Chuck Akers

>>     Roanoke

>>

>>     Sent from my iPad

>>

>>

>>     On Dec 8, 2013, at 7:37 AM, "NW Mailing List"

>>     <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:

>>

>>     Actually, I have heard NS employees refer to their locomotives as

>>     "motors" lately.

>>     Thanks,

>>     Richard D. Shell

>>     Troutville, VA

>>     In a message dated 12/7/2013 9:19:15 P.M. Eastern Standard

>>     Time,nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org

>>     <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>writes:

>>

>>         "Motors?" MOTORS?

>>         Where I come from, electrics were called motors. Diesels were

>>         not.

>>         EdKing

>>         *From:*NW Mailing List <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

>>         *Sent:*Thursday, December 05, 2013 8:36 PM

>>         *To:*NW Mailing List <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

>>         *Subject:*Paint needed!

>>         A couple of interesting motors arrived at Bristol today.

>>         #3522 was 2nd on 819; 8734 led 22A (with a much cleaner,

>>         newer 1027 following).

>>

>>         Mike Pierry, Jr.

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