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Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 3 May 2005 14:16:49 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Christian Treczoks wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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I’ll be buying a few
just for the TTX stickers though, there are a LOT of TTX car types out
there...
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Call me ignorant, but what the heck is this “TTX”, anyway? A kind of track
gauge?
Wondering,
Christian Treczoks
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“TTX Company provides railcars and related freight car management services to
the North American rail industry.”
From http://www.ttx.com
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Yes, they were formerly know as “Trailer Train” (switching to TTX in 1991).
The “X” is commonly used in the rail industry to indicate the word
“transportation”.
HTH,
JOHN
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 | | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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| (...) That's one interpretation. I'm not sure I agree, though. Another one is that it means NON transportation companies, that is, lessors and shippers. X is often appended to reporting marks(1) for equipment owned by NON transportation companies to (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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