Cjcrescent
Master Mechanic
This was sent to me by one of my modeling friends.
Don't know if true, (hope so!), as I have no way to confirm.
Should at least generate a smile!
This falls into the folder labeled, "There is a prototype for almost anything."
The June 14, 1971 issue of Norfolk & Western Railway Employee Magazine has an interesting article on page 46. It describes how an alert yard clerk caught two Missouri Pacific box cars bearing the same number! The identical make box cars were each lettered and numbered "MP 35477, but on adjacent tracks of the Lima, Ohio yard."
What does this mean to me? I can't wait for a layout visitor to ask about my having multiples of the same car numbers in my hopper car fleet!
Aubrey Wiley
Don't know if true, (hope so!), as I have no way to confirm.
Should at least generate a smile!
This falls into the folder labeled, "There is a prototype for almost anything."
The June 14, 1971 issue of Norfolk & Western Railway Employee Magazine has an interesting article on page 46. It describes how an alert yard clerk caught two Missouri Pacific box cars bearing the same number! The identical make box cars were each lettered and numbered "MP 35477, but on adjacent tracks of the Lima, Ohio yard."
What does this mean to me? I can't wait for a layout visitor to ask about my having multiples of the same car numbers in my hopper car fleet!
Aubrey Wiley