abriviations

[Orange trainman]

thank you to all who provided info on the abriviations the first time aroud . but  I have some more if you could help me with them it would be appriciated .

1. CB&Q
2. REA
3. NYC
4. DL&W
5. EL
6. SLC
7. B&O
8. C&O
9. RI
10. M&StL
11. MH
12. Frisco
13. PGE
14. ON
15. KCS
16. SLC
17. CRDX
18. C&EI
19. FTW&D
20. C&S
21. N&W
22. Alaska          

[steemtrayn]

Alaska?

[ft-fan]

Here are a few I know. Some I have a good guess, but I'll let someone who knows for sure respond on those.

FT 

thank you to all who provided info on the abriviations the first time aroud . but  I have some more if you could help me with them it would be appriciated .

1. CB&Q - Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (aka The Burlington Line)
2. REA
3. NYC - New York Central
4. DL&W
5. EL
6. SLC
7. B&O - Baltimore & Ohio
   
8. C&O - Chesapeake & Ohio
9. RI
10. M&StL - Minneapolis & St. Louis
11. MH
12. Frisco - St. Louis - San Francisco
    
13. PGE
14. ON
15. KCS - Kansas City Southern
    
16. SLC
17. CRDX
18. C&EI
19. FTW&D
20. C&S
21. N&W
22. Alaska

[Don Z]

I humbly suggest you spend some time at http://www.google.com/ with your list of abbreviations. You'll learn much more than what the abbreviation stands for. As far as I know, Alaska isn't an abbreviation, but the name of our 49th state.

Don Z.

[Budliner]

I think this is kind of fun wish I knew more of them

 

 

K

[tstage]

George,

There's a couple of the abbreviations below that I'm making a best guess (?) on:

1. CB&Q - Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
   
2. REA - Reading
3. NYC - New York Central
   
4. DL&W - Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
   
5. EL - Erie Lackawanna
   
6. SLC - Seaboard Coastline
7. B&O - Baltimore & Ohio
   
8. C&O - Chessepeake & Ohio
   
9. RI - Rock Island
   
10. M&StL - Minneapolis & St. Louis
    
11. MH - (It's not "NH", is it?  If so, New Haven)
    
12. Frisco - Frisco
    
13. PGE
14. ON
15. KCS - Kansas City Southern
16. SLC
17. CRDX
18. C&EI
19. FTW&D - Ft. Worth & Dallas(?)
    
20. C&S
21. N&W - Norfolk & Western
    
22. Alaska - Alaska
    

Tom

[Mark R.]

George,

There's a couple of the abbreviations below that I'm making a best guess (?) on:

1. CB&Q - Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
   
2. REA - Reading RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY
3. NYC - New York Central
   
4. DL&W - Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
   
5. EL - Erie Lackawanna
   
6. SLC - Seaboard Coastline THAT WOULD BE SCL (?)
7. B&O - Baltimore & Ohio
   
8. C&O - Chessepeake & Ohio
   
9. RI - Rock Island
   
10. M&StL - Minneapolis & St. Louis
    
11. MH - (It's not "NH", is it?  If so, New Haven)
    
12. Frisco - Frisco
    
13. PGE
14. ON  ONTARIO NORTHLAND
15. KCS - Kansas City Southern
16. SLC DUPLICATE - see above
17. CRDX
18. C&EI  CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS
19. FTW&D - Ft. Worth & Dallas(?)
    
20. C&S
21. N&W - Norfolk & Western
    
22. Alaska - Alaska
    

Tom

[eeyore9900]

Just to fill in some blanks:

REA should be Railway Express Agency-RDG is the Reading.

If it actually is MH, it would be the Mount Hood RR.

PGE-Pacific Great Eastern.

ON-Ontario Northland  (actually should be  ONT?)

SLC-San Luis Central.

CRDX-Chicago Freight Car Leasing Co.

C&EI-Chicago & Eastern Illinois.

FW&D-I'm pretty sure it's "Fort Worth & Denver"-an old subsidiary of the Burlington (CB&Q)

CS-Colorado & Southern.

A couple I knew, & a couple I cheated by calling up the abbreviations on RR Picture Archives.

 

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/

 

 

 

[rayw46]

thank you to all who provided info on the abriviations the first time aroud . but  I have some more if you could help me with them it would be appriciated .

1. CB&Q
2. REA
3. NYC
4. DL&W
5. EL
6. SLC
7. B&O
8. C&O
9. RI
10. M&StL
11. MH
12. Frisco
13. PGE
14. ON
15. KCS
16. SLC
17. CRDX
18. C&EI
19. FTW&D
20. C&S
21. N&W
22. Alaska          

  22. Alaska - Hawaii

[tstage]

2.  REA - Reading RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY

6.  SLC - Seaboard Coastline THAT WOULD BE SCL (?)

Oops!   Yepper.  Thanks for the correction, Mark.

Tom

[Texas Zepher]

1. CB&Q - Otherwise known simply as the Burlington
9. RI -  short for CRI&P or Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
10. M&StL - Otherwise known as the  Minny Lou.
17. CRDX - Any reporting mark ending with an "X" indicates a private (non-railroad) company.

[Texas Zepher]

FW&D-I'm pretty sure it's "Fort Worth & Denver"-an old subsidiary of the Burlington (CB&Q).

Yes.  Actually the C&S operating in Texas.  Texas had (has?) a law that stated any railroad operating in the state had to be encorporated in the state.  So there are lots of railroad names in Texas that exist only because of this law.   What was the Santa Fe's Texas name - Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe?

[jrbernier]

  The C&S operated to Texline, and the FW&D(earlier the Fort Worth & Denver City) operated the rest of the way.  The Texas corperation laws forced this.  The C&S/FW&D lasted as 'paper' railroads until the 80's under BN before they were formally merged into the BN.  Both used the CB&Q/BN paint schemes, but had seperate number series for accounting purposes.  On the 'Joint Line' south of Denver, the switchers has C&S-AT&SF reporting marks on the cabs(using the CB&Q/BN paint schemes).

Jim

[twcenterprises]

OK, let's throw in a couple obscure ones:

A&EC
A&N
AGS
G&F
CG
CTC (NOT Centralized Traffic Control)
CNO&TP
C&NW (pre-1982)
CRN
GAS&C
G&F
GANO
G&NW
GM (Not General Motors)
GSF
INT
K&IT
LOP&G
LS
NO&NE
S&A
SG
SJRT
SRTA
SOU
TAG
TNRR

OK, one or 2 should be fairly obvious.

*EDIT* GNW corrected to G&NW.  GN corrected to GANO. 

Brad 

[selector]

I was born in N. Ontario, and we always new of the Ontario Northern Railway as the ONR.

I recognize the Chicago & North Western in the post preceding this one, Central of Georgia?, Great Northern, Great North Western, Southern, Temiskaming and Nipissing?, the rest no idea.

[twcenterprises]

I recognize the Chicago & North Western in the post preceding this one

Nope, sorry, not what I was looking for...  I guess I should have stated this is pre-1982.

Central of Georgia?

Yep... 

Great Northern, Great North Western

Yep, and nope, thought the GNW I'm thinking of went bust in the 30's. 

*EDIT* The GNW *should* be G&NW.  Will fix prior post....

Southern

OK, that one was a gimme. 

Temiskaming and Nipissing?

And, nope.

Answers tomorrow!

Brad 

[concretelackey]

OK, let's throw in a couple obscure ones:

A&EC
A&N
AGS   alabama great southern
G&F
CG   central georgia
CTC (NOT Centralized Traffic Control)
CNO&TP
C&NW (pre-1982)
CRN
GAS&C
G&F
GANO
G&NW
GM (Not General Motors)
GSF
INT
K&IT
LOP&G
LS
NO&NE
S&A
SG  south georgia
SJRT    south jersey rail transit
SRTA
SOU
TAG
TNRR   tennesee RR

OK, one or 2 should be fairly obvious.

*EDIT* GNW corrected to G&NW.  GN corrected to GANO. 

Brad 

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concretelackey wrote the following post at 12-23-2007 12:02 PM:  twcenterprises wrote: OK, let's throw in a couple obscure ones: A&EC A&N AGS   alabama great southern G&F CG   central georgia CTC (NOT Centralized Traffic Control) CNO&TP   Cincinnati , New Orleans & Texas Pacific ( Southern Rwy ) C&NW (pre-1982) CRN GAS&C G&F GANO G&NW GM (Not General Motors) GSF INT K&IT   Kentucky & Indiana Terminal LOP&G LS NO&NE S&A SG  south georgia SJRT    south jersey rail transit SRTA SOU  Southern RWY TAG TNRR   tennesee RR

[twcenterprises]

OK, here's the answers I was looking for:

A&EC: Atlantic & East Carolina Ry.
A&N: Albany & Northern Ry.
AGS alabama great southern Yes
G&F: Georgia & Florida RR
CG central georgia Yes (Central of Georgia)
CTC (NOT Centralized Traffic Control): Chattanooga Traction Co.
CNO&TP Cincinnati , New Orleans & Texas Pacific ( Southern Rwy ) Yes
C&NW (pre-1982): Carolina & North Western
CRN: Carolina & Northwestern (Post-1982)
GAS&C: Georgia, Ashburn, Sylvester & Camilla Ry.
G&F: Georgia & Florida Ry.
GANO: Georgia Northern Ry.
G&NW: Gainesville & North Western
GM (Not General Motors): Gainesville Midland
GSF: Georgia Southern & Florida Ry.
INT: Interstate RR
K&IT Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Yes
LOP&G: Live Oak, Perry & Gulf RR
LS: Louisiana Southern Ry.
NO&NE: New Orleans & Northeastern RR
S&A: Savannah & Atlanta Ry.
SG south georgia Yes
SJRT south jersey rail transit No. Saint Johns River Terminal Co.
SRTA: Southern Rail Terminals of Alabama, Inc.
SOU Southern RWY Yes
TAG: Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Ry.
TNRR tennesee RR Yes.

Brad

[BNENGR]

Hi O.T.,

1. Chicago,Burlington & Quincy (Burlington Route)

3. New York Central

7. Baltimore & Ohio

8. Chessepeak(sp) & Ohio (Chessie System)

9. Rock Island ?

12. St. Louis & San Francisco

18. Chicago & Eastern Iowa

22. Alaskan Railway

BNENGR (paul)

[tsasala]

I remember Walthers having a list of roadnames on their website, but I can't seem to find it now.

 

-Tom