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
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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
My guess
is that these were MAIN
trains...MAIN trains were
certainly not low priority
trains which I would assume
that you implied by your "got
stuck in the hole"
comment....BTW...I wonder how
many know what MAIN stands
for???
Pete