Work Car 1010 (Crane Car "Ichabod") - Official Work Thread

[Ira Schreiber]

Stephen, as in Stephen Crane (and Hussar and Zuppa too)

[John Kokas]

John M,

You've got my vote.  ROWHOOK is rather a "catchy" name, don't you think.

[Mike Fox]

Keep them coming. All very good. Wayne suggests Big Lift. All very catchy. Though Ikabod makes me smile.

[Dave Buczkowski]

I like Ichabod too. It shows our literary bent..

[Wayne Laepple]

I think I like Ichabod, too.

Back when I was working on the railroad, we used to always refer to a mattock as a Lester. I don't know how many folks here are old enough to get that reference, so I'll just leave it hanging there for a bit and see what happens.

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

Lester Mattock - he he he.  That's as good as the Yale figure 8 switchlock being called a Mae West! 

Well, I think Mike should label the car "How's that grab you"

[Steve Smith]

Ichabod......yeah that's so good it's a no-brainer!

Well, wait a minute, wasn't the no-brainer the Headless Horseman? Gracious, I'm so confused! 

PS. to Dave B. : Literary bent sounds good. You might want to put "Literary" on a sign and nail it to one of the bents on Humason Brook trestle.

[John McNamara]

Steve, the big question in my mind is whether you have been hanging around with Fred Morse and Ed Lecuyer too much, or whether they have been hanging around with you too much.

[Ed Lecuyer]

Steve, the big question in my mind is whether you have been hanging around with Fred Morse and Ed Lecuyer too much, or whether they have been hanging around with you too much.

I've been using my cranium a "fair amount" to see if I could up with anything better than Ichabod.
My entries:
Captain Hook
Derrick

PS: "Ichabod's Cranium" sounds like the name of a PBS TV show for kids.

[Keith Taylor]

I think I should point out that Ichabod Crane was NOT the headless horseman.
Ichabod was the target of the "Headless Horseman's" attention.

[Craig "Red" Heun]

Put a few black stripes on it and tell the kids it's Bumble Bee from transformers

Okay Ichabod is good!

[Steve Smith]

How about

THE CRANE IN MAINE
(falls plainly on the mai.........uh, no.

Back to Ichabod!

[Mike Fox]

You guys are too funny.

[John Kokas]

OK - if we want to go the "musical" route, not to be confused with the Alphabet Route, how about:

The Crane In Maine works mainly on the Train............................

[Steve Smith]

John, I love it! But I heard from Mike that Ichabod is the winner. That's a good one, and easier to stencil, too.