Abbreviations Guide
In order to make the Item Name as complete as possible in the store listings we have used a number of abbreviations. These may also appear elsewhere in the listing and at other locations on the site. The following is a guide to those that may require an explanation:
Road Names
| AC | Algoma Central Railway |
| ACF | American Car and Foundry |
| ACFX | Wells Fargo Rail Corporation |
| ALNX | The Alberta Government |
| ALPX | The Alberta Government |
| ALWX | GE Railcar Services Corporation |
| AMT | Agence Metropolitaine de Transport |
| APC | American President Lines |
| APL | American President Lines |
| ATSF | The Atcheson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway |
| B&LE | Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad |
| B&M | Boston & Maine Railroad |
| B&O | Baltimore & Ohio Railroad |
| BAR | Bangor and Aroostook Railroad |
| BCIT | BC Rail |
| BCOL | BC Rail |
| BCR | British Columbia Railway |
| BN | Burlington Northern |
| C&NW | Chicago & Northwestern |
| C&O | Chesapeake & Ohio Railway |
| CASO | Canada Southern Railway |
| CB&Q | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad |
| CBNS | Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway |
| CEFX | CIT Group |
| CGLX | GATX Rail Canada Corp. |
| CGTX | GATX Rail Canada Corp. |
| CN | Canadian National Railway |
| CNoR | Canadian Northern Railway |
| CNOTP | Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway |
| CNR | Canadian National Railway |
| CP | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| CPR | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| CRI&P | Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway |
| CRLE | Coe Rail, Inc. |
| CSL | CSX Transportation, Inc. |
| CSX | CSX Transportation, Inc. |
| CV | Central Vermont Railway |
| D&H | Delaware & Hudson Railroad |
| D&RGW | Denver & Rio Grande Western |
| D&TSL | Detroit & Toledo Shore Line |
| DAR | Dominion Atlantic Railway |
| DT&I | Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad |
| DW&P | Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railway |
| E&N | Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway |
| ETR | Essex Terminal Railway |
| FGE | Fruit Growers Express |
| GACX | General American Marks, Co. |
| GATX | Locomotive Leasing Partners |
| GBRX | Greenbrier Management Services, LLC |
| GO | Government of Ontario Transit |
| GT | Grand Trunk |
| GTP | Grand Trunk Pacific Railway |
| GTW | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| IC | Illinois Central Railroad |
| IPL | International Private Line |
| LLPX | GATX Rail Locomotive Group |
| LMSX | Locomotive Management Services |
| LUSX | Expressway |
| M&SC | Montreal & Southern Counties Railway |
| MEC | Maine Central Railroad |
| MP | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
| N&W | Norfolk & Western Railway |
| NAHX | Wells Fargo Rail Corporation |
| NAR | Northern Alberta Railways |
| NBEC | New Brunswick East Coast |
| NCHX | Wells Fargo Rail Corporation |
| NRLX | The CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc. |
| NYC | New York Central |
| OCRR | Ottawa Central Railway |
| ONT | Ontario Northland Railway |
| OSRX | Ontario Southland Railway |
| P&LE | Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad |
| PGE | Pacific Great Eastern Railway |
| PRR | Pennsylvania Railroad |
| QC | Quebec Central Railway |
| QGRY | Quebec-Gatineau Railway |
| QNSL | Quebec, North Shore & Labrador Railway |
| R&S | Roberval & Saguenay Railway |
| RDG | Reading Company |
| REA | Railway Express Agency |
| SAL | Seaboard Air Line Railroad |
| SHPX | SMBC Rail Service LLC |
| SLSF | St-Louis - San Francisco Railway |
| SOO | Soo Line Railroad |
| SP | Southern Pacific Lines |
| STLH | St. Lawrence & Hudson Railway |
| TH&B | Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo |
| TILX | Trinity Industries Leasing Co. |
| TTGX | TTX Co. |
| TTX | TTX Co. |
| UNPX | Procor Ltd |
| UP | Union Pacific Railroad Company |
| URR | Union Railroad Company |
| UTLX | Union Tank Car |
| VIA | VIA Rail Canada Inc. |
| WC | Wisconsin Central |
| WM | Western Maryland |
| WP | Western Pacific Railroad |
| WP&Y | White Pass & Yukon Corporation Limited |
| XTRA | Wells Fargo Rail Corporation |
Miscellaneous
| AAR | Association of American Railroads |
| ABS | Acrylonitrile, butadiene, and styrene |
| ACI |
Automated Car Identification |
| ALCO |
American Locomotive Company |
| alum'm | aluminium |
| approx. | approximately |
| AREA | American Railway Engineering Association |
| AWG | American Wire Gauge |
| Bach. | Bachmann |
| Bald. | Baldwin locomotive Works |
| blk | black |
| blu | blue |
| BLW | Baldwin Locomotive Works |
| brg | bearing |
| brn | brown |
| c.o.e. | cab-over-engine |
| CAD | computer-aided design/drafting |
| CC&F | Canadian Car & Foundry |
| CD | Compact disc |
| CLC | Canadian Locomotive Company |
| cm3 | centimetre cubed |
| cov'd | covered |
| CTC | centralised traffic control |
| cu. | cubic |
| CV | Configuration variable |
| dbl | double |
| DCC | digital command control |
| deg. | degrees |
| dia. | diameter |
| Div. | Division |
| dk | dark |
| DPDT | Double pole, double throw |
| dr | door |
| ed. | edition |
| EMD | Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corp. |
| ext. | exterior |
| FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
| FM | Fairbanks-Morse |
| ft. | foot |
| g | gram |
| gal. | gallon |
| GE | General Electric Company |
| Geep | EMD GPxx locomotive |
| gld | gold |
| GM | General Motors Corp. |
| GMC | General Motors Corp. |
| GMD | General Motors - Diesel Division |
| grn | green |
| gry | grey |
| Gund. | Gunderson |
| ht | height |
| ICC | Interstate Commerce Commission |
| I-Mtn | InterMountain |
| in. | inch |
| Int'l | International |
| IPL | International Private Line |
| l.p.g. | liquid petroleum gas |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |
| let'g | lettering |
| m.o.w. | maintenance-of-way |
| m.u. | multiple unit |
| maint. | maintenance |
| MEK | Methyl ethyl ketone |
| ml | millilitre |
| MLW | Montreal Locomotive Works |
| MOW | maintenance-of-way |
| mrn | maroon |
| MU | multiple unit |
| n-b-w | nut-bolt-washer |
| NMRA | National Model Railroad Association |
| ndle | noodle |
| NSC | National Steel Car |
| o/dia. | outside diameter |
| org | orange |
| oz. | ounce |
| pass. | passenger |
| pc | piece |
| PCB | Printed circuit board |
| PCP | Priority Ceiling Protocol |
| Ph. | Phase |
| pr | pair |
| PROX | Procor Ltd |
| PS | Pullman Standard |
| PTFE | Polytetrafluoroethylene |
| rect. | rectangular |
| reefer | refrigerator car |
| RPP | Rail Power Products |
| ser. | service |
| ser. | series |
| snd | sound |
| SPDT | Single pole, double throw |
| sq. | square |
| std | standard |
| svr | silver |
| TGV | Train a Grande Vitesse |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| USRA | United States Railway Association |
| UTP | Universal Transmission Protocol |
| w/o | without |
| WiFi | Wireless Fidelity |
| wte | white |
| yel | yellow |
| YMCA | Young Men's Christian Association |