What is BDLX?

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Anonymous

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What is BDLX?

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 23, 2002 6:11 PM

this past weekend i saw a former Conrail B23-7 #4053 at the Allentown yard. it had "BDLX" stenciled in white near the cab. does anyone know what this stands for?

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 12:23 AM

With reporting marks, anything ending with an "X" indicates ownership by a company/individual, other than a "railroad". Example: TTUX indicates ownership by "Trailer-Train" corp.
As far as the "BDL", I have no idea.
Todd C.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 27, 2002 8:38 PM

I'm not making this up -- BDLX is the Association of America Railroads reporting marks for the BDL Co. I have no idea what "BDL" stands for. As far as I can tell, they're a small player in the locomotive rebuild/leasing business.

Paul Schmidt
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