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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To: CBQ
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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