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From: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
To: "BRHS list" <BRHSlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 1:16 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Re: Q "Gray" backs
> Regarding the Fs being referred to as "gray backs", I remember my father
using the term back in the early 60s when they were still being used.
>
>
Many years ago, I worked with the son of one-time WB Shop Superintendent
Wm. C. Horst - Bill jr's understanding was that the nickname "grayback" came
from the fact that a newly-painted near-white finish was very quickly
stained by diesel exhaust . . .
Marshall
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