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MAIN is, indeed, an acronym...I'm not sure whether, or if, it would apply to other means of transporting military men and "impedimentia" (how about that word you military guys)...but MAIN was the acronym for Military Authorization Identification Number. Bidding my final goodbyes to the military almost 50 years ago I have no idea whether the term is still "in vogue" or not.
In 1956 I was called for a MAIN to Ravenna..."Waycar and work clothes".... That was the way the call came....Waycar and work clothes" meant that the train crew was not responsible for handling "transportation"...ie tickets. This train was a National Guard Movement that came in off the Kansas City line and was going somewhere up the Pacific Northwest...There would have been a Passenger Department Representative aboard who would take care of the "passenger train stuff"
We had a couple of the California Zephyr "units"...9962C was in the lead.
Pete
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From: RWA325 <RWA325@aol.com> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thu, Jan 16, 2014 10:54 pm Subject: Re: [CBQ] Wonder what these trains were ? Pete,
If it has a railroad-specific use, in addition to its primary
definition in the dictionary, I am one of the woefully uninformed.
Bob Arthur
In a message dated 1/16/2014 11:35:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com writes:
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