USAX 1685 (80-Ton)

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Tim Moriarty	General	During a visit in September 1996 the local rail crew said they added the B to the number because they thought all locomotives were supposed to have a B prefix on the number. Previously they had two MRS1s (the ones donated to the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum and later scrapped on site) which were numbered B2044 and B2052. The B indicated the locomotive was equipped with a boiler for providing steam heat to passenger cars. The crew was unaware of this and they continue to slap a B onto locomotives that arrive at the depot.	2/7/2013 1:52:18 PM

USAX 1685 (80-Ton)
Never had steam boilers the crew here thought all army equipment should have a "B" before the number just because they had seen it in an old MRS1 picture.
Date: 9/24/2010	Location: Chambersburg, PA	Views: 741	Collection Of: William Grimes
Locomotives: USAX 1685(80Tonner)			Author: William Grimes

Picture Categories:		This picture is part of album: US Government Railroads

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