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- From: forags@smokey (Al Stangenberger)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Subject: "Paper" railroad names
- Date: 30 Dec 1992 18:08:27 GMT
- Organization: U.C. Forestry & Res. Mgt.
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- In article <8835@orbit.cts.com> rambler@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Dan Meyer) writes:
- >zephyr@cory.Berkeley.EDU (COIFMAN) writes:
- >
- >It was my understanding that the CGW & M&StL and other reporting marks
- >existed was beacause the railroads still existed as a paper railroad
- >or something.
- >
- >Any thoughts?
- >
- Could very well be so.
-
- Central Pacific existed as a paper entity for years after Southern Pacific
- took over all operations.
-
- I remember seeing a picture of one of SP's cab forwards which had CP in fine
- print below its road number.
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