... [holding a light bulb for Smokey to install on the train] Here's the light! All right, now! When trains run in more than one section, all except the last must display two green flags. First, there is an order to release the brakes and pull out the slack and start the train rolling. Careful. (COME SEE THEM AT BEECH GROVE) -Join in our moving feast! There are a surprising number of common sayings or metaphors that came from railroading. This is the Polar Express! The conductor says "All Aboard" if necessary on the platform, he does the final check like I described above, and then there is a two step process on the radio. Great memorable quotes and script exchanges from the The Polar Express movie on Quotes.net. Conductor: [repeated line] Why, to the North Pole, of course! Commonest term for cowboy is cowpuncher, which is of railroad origin. ... All aboard! (the dining car) (OK, MAYBE "MOVING" IS OVERLY OPTIMISTIC - AND BY THE WAY AN EMERGENCY STASH OF YOUR OWN FOOD ISN'T A BAD IDEA) -All Aboard Amtrak (BUT CHECK WITH JULIE FIRST TO SEE WHEN YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO BOARD TODAY, OR MAYBE EVEN TOMORROW) -Amtrak's Superliners are somethin' special! Many common English expressions are actually technical terms relating to older technology – but the origin is … On the right track; Fallen by the wayside; Full steam ahead; Full head of steam; Letting off steam; Don't blow your stack; End of the line; Backtrack; On the fast track; Wrong side of the tracks; Light at the end of the tunnel; Train wreck; Plans got derailed; Off the rails; On rails WEED BENDER—Railroaders' derisive term for cowboy, other such terms being hay shaker, clover picker, and plow jockey. WORDS & PHRASES IN GENERAL USE WITH POSSIBLE RAILROAD ORIGIN (Including common expressions that are actually railroad metaphors.) Cowboys riding stock trains prod the cattle