Hot Water posted:Trussman posted:Thanks for the list RTR12.
Here's few more to ad.
ABS-Automatic Block System
ALCO- American Locomotive company
Budd- Railroad car manufacturer
COFC-Container On Flat Car
CWR-Continuous Welded Rail
FM- Fairbanks Morse
GE- General Electric
LIMA- An American firm that manufactured railroad locomotive (1870's to 1950's)
Sorry but, "LIMA" is NOT an acronym nor an abbreviation. The company name was Lima Locomotives Works, located in Lima, Ohio (which is also NOT an acronym or abbreviation).
Ma&Pa- Maryland and Pennsylvania railroad
RDC-Rail Diesel Car
USRA-United States Railroad Association
Psssst…. Hotwater, The title of this thread is : List of Acronyms & Terms Frequently used on OGR Forums.
In the original listing there are company names mentioned w/a description of the company, such as Atlas, K-line, Lionel, Marx etc etc (etcetra etcetra ;-) ) .
A few more acronyms:
ACF - America Car and Foundry (rail car manufacturer )
BFF - Berwick Forge and Fabricating ( rail car manufacture in Berwick Pa )
IRB - Insulated Rail Block
IRJ - Insulated Rail Joint
