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I don't have a concrete answer for you, but here is what I think. (Anyone please feel free to correct me). I think that the letters you are talking about somehow represent the road that the unit belonged to when it was brand new. Here is an example of what I mean - If you will notice, pretty much all of the units that were purchaced AFTER the railroad became "Norfolk Southern" ( the Dash 9s, and SD70s for example) have the "NS" letters on them. A lot of the older equipment may have "SOU" or "NW" on it because those units were actually purchaced by Southern, or Norfolk & Western long before there WAS a Norfolk Southern. <br /> <br />As you have stated, a lot of the equipment that came from Conrail, have markings like "PRR". You would think this would mean Pennsy, but even the SD80MACs have "PRR" on them, and they were NEVER owned by Pennsy. So, that is the only thing that I could think it could mean - A way of differentiateing units that were purchased by "Norfolk Southern" from those that weren't. Just my [2c]. <br /> <br />P.S. I LOVE the Smokey and The Bandit reference in your sig. [8D]
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