While tripping merrily through the mail, Mike Hudson was overheard
MH> I'd like to know where you got this information from...because this is
MH> the first time I've ever heard that vanicular for CSX. The X stands
MH> for Corporation, as is on many freight cars UTLX, GATX, etc...
MH> The C stands for Chessie System
MH> The S stands for Seaboard System.
In the AAR reporting marks the "X" actually stands for a private owner as
opposed tp cars owned bu a "common carrier".
(UTLX, Union Tank Lines, GATX, General American Tank {or transportation},
etc.)
Don
... My other car is a Pullman
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