KWTX, UTTX, TTUX, and TTFX Any help is appreciated! Edit: found this web page with the explanations, but why the 3 different Trailer Train differentiations? [ 10. October 2004, 01:06: Message edited by: nscale_lover ]
Good question! Now you have me wondering... I spotted a gondola some years ago. It was marked "BKTY" or close to it. Found out that this was actually an MKT RR marking. Perhaps the different markings indicate a subsidiary company? Boxcab E50
TTX uses different reporting marks for equipment with different uses. TTX's website has a rundown of the current ones. http://www.ttx.com/ttxdb/searchcar.asp
Technically an acronym is a set of initials you can pronounce as a word. I'd love to see how you'd go about saying some of those you posted.
Technically, an acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of the words of a compound term - i.e., USA = United States (of) America. You may not neccessarily be able to sensibly pronounce them. Mike, what you are referring to is the reporting marks as issued by the AAR (Association of American Railroads). I guess you could pronounce that as 'AAR' as in 'aar', me h'aar'ties (in a pirate's accent, or Cornish for that matter ). Though they make for plainly seen acronyms for the most part, some seem to no sense. You posted one listing, here's another - http://www.gnrr.com/roadmark.htm I got a brand new combine harvester... [ 09. October 2004, 21:19: Message edited by: Gats ]
Here is yet another page on reporting marks: http://www.trainscan.com/data/mark/mark_m.html Boxcab E50
Acronyms - Initals - Reporting Marks - Them There Letters Asking because I'm repainting some autoracks and the old Reporting Marks were just TTX - and the only decals I have now contain one of the aforementioned. So just a bit confused [ 10. October 2004, 01:18: Message edited by: nscale_lover ]
http://www.nrhs.com/reporting_marks/ another site - looks like TTX was just Trailer Train Co. for a few years...
Remember,with autoracks usually there's two numbers involved - the flatcar and the rack. TTX for the most part owns the flatcar but the railroad owns the rack and leases the flatcar. Of course, there are always a few exceptions to the rule... Originally TTX was Trailer Train and changed 8 or so years ago to TTX.
