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| Author: | K.R. Bell [ Tue Jul 30, 2002 6:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Origins of Reporting Marks? |
Does anyone know when reporting marks were first used on U.S. railroads? I tried narrowing down the range of dates to between 1930 and 1938 using Official Railway Equipment Registers but am lacking issues in the years in between to precisely date the introduction of the practice. Any help is appreciated. Thank you! K.R. Bell RR Museum of PA http://rrmuseumpa.org c-kbell@state.pa.us |
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| Author: | Alan Walker [ Tue Jul 30, 2002 8:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Origins of Reporting Marks? |
I would venture that reporting marks were certainly in use immediately following the Civil War. There is a certain photograph of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad yards at Memphis, Tennessee. This photograph clearly shows a boxcar with the letters ETV&G painted on the end of the car in an arch pattern. Marking of cars may not have been entirely uniform but it was being done. It should be remembered that the Civil War was the first time that the railroads were called upon to provide mass transport for the military. To accomplish this, cars and locomotives were often required to be sent away from their home rails and many never returned. It was most likely at this point that the railroads decided that it would behove them to more clearly identify to whom particular pieces of equipment belonged so that their return to their proper owners could be facilitated at the end of the conflict. awalker2002@comcast.net |
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