What did LMX stood for on the GE Leasers to BN?

LMX is GE's locomotive leasing subsidiary. I'm not sure specifically what the LM stands for (Locomotive Management?), but I do know that the "X" on the end means that the piece of equipment is owned by a company (GE in this case) that is not actually a railroad.

HTH, Stevert

The "X" stands for transportation.

Thanks for the info.

Frank

while that *might* be the case, Stevert is also correct about the X meaning it's a leasing company. That's why CSX had to use CSXT as their reporting marks, and not CSX, since their a railroad. If you notice all those "rent-a-wreck" lease units that the railroads use, they all end in X (FURX, HLCX, HATX, CEFX, NREX, LTEX, etc)

Other examples include Trailer Train (TTLX), Union Tank Car (UTLX), General American Tank Car (GATX), and many, many more.

I thought "X" meant "exchange", meaning cars with these designations could be exchanged among various roads.

From their web site, the CSX name means:

C = Chesapeake S = Seaboard X = Etc.

The Etc. refers to the other companies that merged with Chessie and Seaboard to form CSX.

No, it is used to denote that the owning company is not a railroad. It has nothing to do with the interchange status of the car or locomotive.

ok, but that has nothing to do with what I was talking about... ;)

well, if you're going to include freight cars, there's probably thousands of reporting marks that end in X :) I was basically concentraing on engines, since the OP was talking about LMX GE leasers..

CSX still does!

no they don't, they never have. Their reporting marks are "CSXT" for precisely that reason. The company name is CSX (actually the railroad part is CSX Transportation) so the T fit in perfectly in their reporting marks.