Yesterday I was on the George Washington Parkway that lines the south side of the Potomac River on the Virginia side, just across from DC. Driving along the parkway I went under the CSX RR bridge that comes over the Potomac heading into Alexandria. Crossing just above me was a cut of modern looking, outside braced, open top hoppers labeled. "NYC" @ the reporting mark location. These cars had been built LONG after Penn Central and long after Conrail came into being. They were that new. DO some of the fallen flags still have roadname marks being used by parent comparnies????? I have never seen this. Maybe the NYC meant something other than New York Central. It just surprised me seeing these things.
The NYC -- which does mean New York Central -- reporting marks are applied to former Conrail cars now owned by CSX. They are being retained after repainting into CSX colors and can include a CSX logo on the side.
Brian is correct. There are other cars stenciled Pennsy, but I'm not sure what the letter combo is. After all CSX did split up the NYC and Pennsy lines.
These were taken on the CSX main line in Battleboro, NC about 2-3 years ago. Maybe they illustrate this topic. [ February 08, 2006, 06:53 PM: Message edited by: sapacif ]
"NYC" is CSX "PRR" and cars that remained as "CR" (and other Conrail marks) are Norfolk Southern cars.
DO some of the fallen flags still have roadname marks being used by parent comparnies????? I have never seen this. Maybe the NYC meant something other than New York Central. Yes look at the UP you'll see: MP, WP, MKT, DRGW, SSW, SP, CHTT, CNW and a few others too
Thanks for the replies. I have learned something from this thread. However, I must say, the cars I saw yesterday were the NYC cars pictured above but without the CONRAIL mark in the upper left. Interesting stuff.
