jim pallow Wrote:
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> were the "coupler" cars always left at Antonito or
> where the last SG cars were spotted?
AFAIK, yes.
> I refer to
> the cars as "coupler" cars to differentiate them
> from the pipe train "idler" cars. JP
That's an, errhm, interesting position. Again, AFAIK they have always been called idler cars, both the with different couplers at each end and the ones used for spacing. I wouldn't expect your revision to customery usage to catch on. Unless you can get usage of the word "idler" banned as being perjorative to us long-term unemployed folks, that is.
hank