Train Symbols

[bwparker1]

Does anyone understand the WYNP train nomenclature? What does WAFO and WACH stand for?

Thanks,
Brooks

[Luther Brefo]

Does anyone understand the WYNP train nomenclature? What does WAFO and WACH stand for?

Thanks,
Brooks

This is simply a guess but I think WAFO is Falconer-Olean

and WACH could be Corry-Hornell...

Once more this is just a guess...

[bwparker1]

There is a pic of WAME over on railfan.net

I thought the ME would be Meadeville. What is the WA??

Brooks

[Luther Brefo]

Correction to my original post as I am now a little bit more informed.

ME means Meadville
FO means Falconer
etc...

The WA simple means "Way Freight to"

Source: roc on railfan.net forums

[Otto Vondrak]

Yeah, these sound like old Conrail terms... WA for "way frieght" and maybe they'll have YA for yard jobs. Just my guess. Sure sounds better than the cryptic "Q-111" and "10T."

-otto-

[EMT_Railfan]

I posted a similar request on another .net forum, and got a reply of 'WA' is way freight, and then the last to letters is where the train originated. Then to add to it, -12 would be the date that the train started also. So for example: WAME-12 would be a way freight from Meadville that started on the 12th. The reply did not say anything about the 'YA' for the yard jobs.

I was looking for a place to request a full as possible designation list, and this post looks as good as any. I'm really interseted in knowing what the Rouseville train is designated, and also does the designation change for the return to Meadville or stay the same?

[BR&P]

If I recall correctly, Conrail's designation was the "W" for way freight, the second letter was the division, and the last two were the originating terminal. Since western New York was in the Albany Division trains did start with "WA" but on other divisions that second letter would have been different. Can anybody verify that I've got that right?

[BR&P]

I received confirmation of the above off-forum. The second letter stood for the division. So while a way freight (traveling switcher in old NYC parlance) would be "WA" on the Albany Division, it would start with "WP" on the Philadelphia Div, "WH" on the Harrisburg Div, etc. Maybe since WNYP does not have divisions they elected to use the second letter of wAyfreight as well.