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Rpo Spud Car? Any Thoughts?

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Posted 01/01/2024 9:01 pm

I believe this says SPUD CAR, rather than SPUR CAR. It must have been a train car parked at the Terminal RPO, to provide extra space for handling extra mail at a busy time of year. It is believed that Spud was probably part of the Railway Mail Service's lingo, but I don't know quite what it meant or where it originated from.

Anything anyone can tell me would be much appreciated!

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Posted 01/01/2024 9:17 pm

It's SPUR CAR. If you enlarge it you can read it.

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Posted 01/02/2024 07:56 am

Definitely SPUR CAR and without enlargement. Only looks like SPUD in a quick glance as the R in SPUR appears to be poorly inked.

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Posted 01/02/2024 11:16 am

I like "SPUD" as there is no indication of ink coming from the loop of the P as compared to the other "R" and the ink blobs on the vertical stroke of the P are not in the correct position for the leg of an R.

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Posted 01/02/2024 11:50 am

A spur line is a very short railway branch line

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch_line#

Then again, who knows! They may have been mailing potatoes.

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Edited by NSK - 01/02/2024 11:51 am

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Posted 01/02/2024 1:41 pm

Imagine how many you can make of these.

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