Anyone know what this symbol meant? This train traveled on the NEC back in the 80's.IIRC,this train was granted trackage rights over the corridor for entrance into Pot Yard.AMTK,along with DH, wanted this train off the NEC real bad......
If I'm reading some old notes correctly RW6 would have been also know as the "Paper Train" but if you need greater detail I try to help track down some information. At a high level this would be the call sign of that train.
Thnx Stourbridge Lion for the reply.Now i remember that term "paper" train.It's been awhile since i seen pics of the train.Had to clear out the cobwebs...
RW6 was Rouses Point to Washington (Pot Yard). It was the train carrying newsprint and paper products from Canada. It's return counterpart was WR7. Oddly this train often carried Toilet Paper to Canada! Power for the train was normally 5 GP39-2's, some of which were equipped with special signal equipment used on AMTRAK trackage IIRC. AMTRAK or Conrail at one point prohibited ALCO's from running in their territory as they lacked expertise in repair of ALCO products. Guilford changed the designation to RPPY (Rouses Point Pot Yard) and the return became PYRP. When I was photographing the D & H in the early 80's I passed up many a shot of this train 'cause it had no ALCO's.:embarassed:
Originally, RW-6 stood for Rouses Point to Wilkes-Barre which then was the south end of the railroad at PRR's Buttonwood Yard. In the pre-Penn Central/Conrail days the train was then interchanged with the various other railroads there. I remember RW-7 many times passing through Plattsburgh with five or six alcos on the point hauling a seemingly endless string of empties. (Ahhh, the good old days!) Rick Shivik
