Knox Tractor Truck
"Tractor Trailer" Ever wonder how it got its name?
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Well, I certainly didn't make it up! :ROF
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Not sure on the Annie Oakley thing, but maybe I can help out on the deadhead:
My grandfather worked for the Northern Pacific Railway for some 30 years, and he told me at one time that it meant when an employee was being transported from one place to another at the railroad's expense. Generally my grandfather could go anywhere at any time if he had work waiting for him.
The expression was supposed to have come from a combination of "dead weight" and "extra head", so it got shortened into "deadhead". Also known to my grandfather as "riding the cushions." (As opposed to working the train as a trainman.)
Hope this helps.:trink39:
My grandfather worked for the Northern Pacific Railway for some 30 years, and he told me at one time that it meant when an employee was being transported from one place to another at the railroad's expense. Generally my grandfather could go anywhere at any time if he had work waiting for him.
The expression was supposed to have come from a combination of "dead weight" and "extra head", so it got shortened into "deadhead". Also known to my grandfather as "riding the cushions." (As opposed to working the train as a trainman.)
Hope this helps.:trink39:
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Steamguy:
Thanks for that info... sounds good to me. It actually makes sense. :fing32:
Thanks for that info... sounds good to me. It actually makes sense. :fing32:
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