Locomotive names

Brian Norden Wrote:
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> Interesting. Thank you.
>
> One of the railroads that I'm deep into -- Carson
> & Colorado -- named engines for places it served
> or hoped to serve. Same of the other Nevada
> narrow-gauge railroads did the same thing.
>

Back when American Railroads still named engines a lot of them did this. Check out the names of the DSP&P or D&RG engines purchased before 1881-82. Naming them after the people who ponied up the construction $$$ runs a close second to this, especially on very local/short RR's.

hank



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/12/2020 05:51PM by hank.