One on the Stick

Train driver talk. The stick refers to the signal whilst the “one” means This signal is orange and the next one will be red.

Offsider: one on the stick there, driver!
Driver: I’ve been driving for 35 years, I don’t need some boy driver telling me “one on the stick”.
Also Driver: Back in the day, we used to just reverse back behind the signals if we went past the red.

In the dirt

Train driver talk for a derailed train

Driver one: Did you see what the boy driver did yesterday

Driver two: yes, he put one in the dirt, he’s a useless 2 minute driver. I hope he’s off the road for a long time. He’s not even good enough to to be a driver trainer, let alone a driver!
Driver one: Amen, these off the streeter’s definitely weren’t hired on merit

XPL

A train driven by boy drivers that lack experience

Person 1: Did you see that boy driver in the xpl?
Person 2: yeah man, he’s just fresh off the street.