Portal:US Railways/Selected definition/January 2008
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January 2008
- Racetrack
Nickname for a stretch of Metra commuter rail line and BNSF freight line between Chicago and Aurora, Illinois, where commuter trains and freight trains commonly attain high speeds.
- Big G
Nickname for Guilford Rail System, in reference to the large "G" emblem on their locomotives and boxcars. Also refers to Great Northern Railway.
- Toaster
Amtrak AEM-7/ALP-44 or GE P42DC locomotives. Also used to refer to any GE locomotive, due both to their tendency to shoot flames out of the exhaust stack during Turbo Lag and to General Electric's historic involvement in the manufacture of household appliances.
