Thanks, Carl.
Apparently the road that I mentioned, and its connection were absorbed by the B&O some time before the Equipment Register began to be published. My reference states that a stub of the road was abandoned by the B&O about 1946 (I do not remember the exact date).
Johnny
Johnny, my list goes back into the 1920s, anyway, probably from the time that the Official Railway Equipment Register began publishing the various reporting marks of railroads and private companies. So it's normally a good source.
Carl
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Plas/ Kevin -
Where are you in the country? What RRs are the other keys from? Might be useful clues.
EDIT: Could it be from an interurban or trolley line? Possibly from an in-plant or 'captive' railroad, such as at a steel mill?
- PDN.
CSSHEGEWISCHThe initials on a switch key may not have to be a reporting mark but some other convenient shorthand. Sacramento Northern is a possibility.
"Scanner" comes to mind as well.
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The initials on a switch key may not have to be a reporting mark but some other convenient shorthand. Sacramento Northern is a possibility.
Only thing today that would be even close would be Saratoga & North Creek, but that's too new....
Carl, I could have added a question: How far back does your list go?
Looking in my reprint of the June, 1892 Guide, I found the St. Clairsville and Northern, which ran 16 miles from St. Clairsville, O, to Belleair, O. Their passenger train made four round trips aday from Belleair and back, taking something over an hour each way.
It apparently became a part of the B&O.
Here is what I found in wikipedia: http://www.abandonedrails.com/Saint_Clairsville_and_Northern_Railway
Balt, can you give us a rundown on this?
The first thing that I thought was the French railroad, but that's SCNF...
Hi, Kevin, and welcome to the Forum!
I wish I could be of assistance, but I don't see that reporting mark at all on my list. That doesn't necessarily mean anything except that the line didn't own any cars. Have you any idea how old this key might be?
I inherited a number of RR keys and one in particular I'm not familiar with it reads SCNR, can anyone out there help me by telling me what railroad it's from?
Kevin
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