Glad Hand
The metal coupling on the end of an air hose.
"Goofy Gauge"
Contemporary slang term for the variety of large scale trains that all operate on #1 Gauge (G Gauge) track.
The failed glad hand on that hose four deep really did a number to us.
Now we're on the roll again and things are back to normal. We're rolling along pretty good again and have now reached Leithton, where the EJ&E crosses and connects with us.
Glad hand The metal attachments to which train line air hoses connect Goat A yard engine. Groundhog A slang term for a promoted engineer with trainman seniority.
Glad hand A quick-coupling/uncoupling connector at the end of a trainline air hose that resembles a pair of "shaking hands" when hoses are connected.
A short section of brake hose with a coupling (glad hand) on each end. It's used to connect two short hoses together.
Dwarf Signal
Two or three lens signal used to control a move over a switch in a yard. Usually mounted low to the ground.
MTH brake wheel staff is a black metal rod, where Intermountain painted it the body color. Intermountain's trainline air hose is very plain, and molded in the body color, vs the MTH black part (the real hoses are black rubber, with metal glad hands).
 See also: Car, Point, Train, Engine, Locomotive
  
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