SHANTY"Caboose
SHINER"Brakeman's or switchman's lantern
SHINING TIME"Starting time (probably from old Negro spiritual "Rise and Shine") ...
Shanty
Slang term for a caboose.
Shay
A gear-driven steam locomotive used extensively in logging and mining operations.
Shanty office: at construction sites and in many rail yards, an old house trailer serves as the foreman s office. There is a crude wooden porch, and some old junk laying about. Normally, a crude sign reading Office or foreman is tacked to the door.
Shanty
1. Small building erected along right of way to provide shelter.
2. See Caboose.
Shifting ...
The shanty at Pullman Jct. was located on the east side of the CWI and south of the Rock. As with 80th Street, it was a single level building and perhaps a 14X14 sized structure. It was wooden with clapboard type siding.
Atlas "Trackside Shanty" 150-702
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Design Preservation Models (DPM) "Freight Depot" 243-107 ...
Shanty - A caboose, also a small building.
Shoo-fly Track - Temporary track used primarily for mainline service.
Shuffle - To switch cars.
Shunt - To switch to another path.
Brakeman's shelter just back of the coal bunkers on the tender tank of engines operating through Moffat Tunnel. May also refer to caboose, locomotive cab, switchman's shanty, or crossing watchman's shelter.
Hydra-Cushion ...
 See also: Track, Train, Tower, Switch, Engine
  
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