(erielack) Fw: [STMFC] NYC . . . S?

["Schuyler G Larrabee" <sgl2_@_ix.netcom.com>]

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Garth G. Groff <ggg9y_@_virginia.edu>
To: <SGL2_@_ix.netcom.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: [STMFC] NYC . . . S?


> Schuyler,
>
> The "S" was actually part of the numbering, not the "NYC" reporting marks.
IIRC, it had something to do
> with cars purchased under a certain trust arrangement. A number of classes
were marked this way.
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> Garth G. Groff
>
> Schuyler G Larrabee wrote:
> >
> > Time to go ask people who will know . . .
> >
> > On the Erielack list, we've been discussing the shipment of the Mt
Palomar
> > telescope Pyrex mirror blank from Corning Glass.  Someone found that the
car
> > used was:
> >
> > NYC499010. See photo
> > http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/history/images/mirror.train.jpg
> >
> > And one of the other list members asked the intelligent (not silly at
all)
> > question:
> >
> > "Now for today's silly question: If the glass was moved on a NYC
well-deck
> > flatcar, as has been said, why can a "S" be seen before the number (The
rest
> > of the lettering blocked by the people in the photo) in the reporting
marks?
> > I don't believe that I've ever seen a freight car marked "NYCS", and
none of
> > the other NYC reporting marks seem to contain an "S" (NYC, B&A, CCC&StL,
MC,
> > TOC, etc)."
> >
> > Now the box in the photo has a NYCSystem herald on it.  Is the man with
the
> > question incorrect about NYCS reporting marks, or is there some other
> > explanation?
> >
> > SGL
> >
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