Re: M for Mega, Circle-M for Oh-Mega?

> Ed Stabler Wrote:
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> ... the cars were new at the time and
> bigger than older, similar cars on the D&RG
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> Johnson Barr {Replied}:
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> I.E. "M" is for "Mega" ...

RonRudnick Wrote:
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> Lettering style post 1885, "M" means the car
> has been rebuilt to a 27' 20-ton capacity car,
> as per O.R.E.G 1887-88 .


For once Willie got it (almost) right -

He implied "built" rather that "RE-built", but What the He** - IMHO we should give him the benefit of the doubt: "M" IS for "Mega" ( meaning 'BIG') ...

OTOH, circle "M" might stand for "Oh-Mega" i.e. "Omega", so maybe those cars were reserved for shipping fish oil (or oysters, which - IIRC - were a delicacy much in demand in the mining camps of the San Juans, shipped packed in ice from the east coast in special insulated cars.)

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