BLI Naming Problem?

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I just purchased a Broadway Limited 6-4-6 Hudson with the TH&B naming scheme (road number 502). The lettering on the tender reads:

“Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo RY”

Is this a typo? Should it be “NY” and not “RY”? If not, what does RY stand for?

Thanks in advance.

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I think the RY stands for RailWay. But I could be wrong.

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Ry is correct. Canadian usage is generally Railway instead of Railroad.

So Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo Ry is correct for a TH&B locomotive.

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Railway is /was also used here in the States such as Chesapeake & Ohio Railway…This was common with railroads base in the South in the early years of railroads.

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Never heard of a 6-4-6…

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Thanks for the quick reply everyone. I knew that I must have been missing something on this. Also, I mis-typed, it is a 4-6-4, not a 6-4-6. Picky, picky.[:)]