Crummy Renfrew
A crummy in Port Renfrew. Looks like it used to be a government vehicle.
(Cdn) a crew vehicle (usually a truck) for transporting forestry workers to their place of work
At 6 am each morning the treeplanters drove their crummy from camp to the cutblock.
To see the rest of the Port Renfrew photos, click here.
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Canon 5Dii, Nikkor-N Auto 24/f2.8 lens, ISO200, 1/3200th
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burnt embers 
Wow what a great picture and the buss is a great find.
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Hi – thanks so much for commenting. The bus looks as if it is still in use. The low, soon-to-set February sun made the photo a great deal more vibrant than it might otherwise have been.
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And here’s a railway boxcar crummy from railway logging days: https://www.flickr.com/photos/32922165@N06/5184135160/
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Hi Richard – thanks for the comment, oh so long ago. And for the link. I did not realise the word crummy has been in use for so long.
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Yes, it’s an old name. I assume named after the crumbs from people’s lunches, but who knows.
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I would like to think there is a more obscure etymology, but probably not. The Wikipedia entry for caboose, including the word crummy, is quite interesting and suggests it was a very descriptive term. “Of all the implements of railroading, none has had more nicknames than the caboose. Many are of American or Canadian origin and seek to describe the vehicle or its occupants in derisive ways. Often heard among crews was “crummy” (as in a crummy place to live, not elegant, often too hot or too cold, and perhaps not especially clean), “clown wagon,” “hack,” “waycar,” “dog house,” “go cart,” “glory wagon,” “monkey wagon” (a term that indirectly insulted the principal functionary who rode therein, no doubt coined by an engineer), “brain box” (the conductor was supposedly the brains of the train, as opposed to the “hogger” or engineer, who was presumed to be pigheaded), “palace,” “buggy” (Boston & Maine/Maine Central), “van” (eastern and central Canada, usage possibly derived from the UK term for the caboose), and “cabin,” or a variation heard at least on the Southern Railway, “cab.” On the Long Island Railroad during the years of its freight operations the term “caboose” was considered an inappropriate term and if inadvertently used there would be an immediate correction, namely, “That’s a Hack.” It was not slang, it was the “proper” and accepted term.”
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Cool name for a bus, “a crummy”. Nice pics. “Crummy Renfrew” would be a great name for a character in a novel or film.
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Hi Katherine – sorry to have been so long getting back to comments. It has been a really busy 3 weeks. Thanks for the comment. Crummy is a strange word, of old origins around here, as Richard points out in his comment it seems as old as logging is in these parts.
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