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

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

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From: tim gilbert <tgilbert_@_sunlink.net>
To: <STMFC_@_yahoogroups.com>; Schuyler G Larrabee <sgl2@ix.netcom.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [STMFC] NYC . . . S?


> Schuyler,
>
> You wrote:
> > >
> > 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?
>
> In the 1920's, the NYC used to prefix the car number with the letter "S"
> plus the hyphen if the car was of all-steel construction. The "S" had
> nothing to do with the reporting marks, but with the car number as
> connoted by the hyphen.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
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