GATX #2663
- mike nowakowski
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GATX #2663
Why does on the front of the locomotive say GATX and on the side of the cab say GMTX? And what do they stand for?
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Re: GATX #2663
GATX stands for General American Transportation. GMTX is the reporting mark they use on their locomtives. Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GATX
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Re: GATX #2663
Used to stand for General American Tank Corp.
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Re: GATX #2663
When? Before 1898? People just think that because the GATX reporting mark itself is only used on tanks...sd70accsxt700 wrote:Used to stand for General American Tank Corp.
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Re: GATX #2663
I will have to find it but I have read it somewhere.
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Re: GATX #2663
The 2663 has been leased out to another cool regional, The Vermont Rail System.
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Re: GATX #2663
Um, no. They really were called General American Tank Car Corp. way back in 1916. In 1933 they changed their name to General American Transportation Company.Mr. Tops wrote:When? Before 1898? People just think that because the GATX reporting mark itself is only used on tanks...sd70accsxt700 wrote:Used to stand for General American Tank Corp.
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Re: GATX #2663
Ha thanks Mike, I had even forgot abuout this thread, I never rembered to look it up.
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