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

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

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From: LAURANCE ROBERT KING <ab8180_@_wayne.edu>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [STMFC] NYC . . . S?


>
>   I have heard two possible reasons for NYC S- car numbers:
>
>      1- to denote a "System" car which was preferably not
>    loaded off NYC Lines,and if it was loaded off line, was
>    "at home" at any NYC Lines connection,regardless of the
>     initials on the car.
>
>      2- to denote the repair value of a given car. "S"was
>     the highest class,with the others being an "A" under
>     the NYC oval trademark and no designation at all
>
>    Most "S" cars were in fact all steel,but not always.I have
>    pictures of wood side 40' automobile cars and wood stock
>    cars with steel center sills (a"Repair Steel Underframe")
>    both with "S" numbers.
>
>   LR King
>
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