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<p>[quote user="gmpullman"]</p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">cascadenorthernrr</div> <div class="quote-content">Ok then, glad that's settled.</div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>Until Wikipedia can be trusted, you can read some information here:</p> <p><a href="http://utahrails.net/articles/up-dda40x.php">http://utahrails.net/articles/up-dda40x.php</a></p> <p>I cannot attest to its authenticity, but it has some good information.</p> <p>Somewhere I read that the "Big Jack" name was tossed around by a group of Northern California railfans and, as these things become legend, kind of stuck.</p> <p>Many railroaders had names for equipment that would sound Greek to us.</p> <p>For instance, any carbody type i.e. Alco FAs, PAs; EMD F and E units would all be refered to as "Covered Wagons".</p> <p>Ed</p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>Interestingly enough, utahrails is the listed source for that wikipedia article, but a search of the website yielded no hits for "Big Jack". </p>
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