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In the early days of the hobby, into the 1970s, several manufacturers offered cast-metal Youngstown Ends. Apparently the name came from the similarity to the corrugated Youngstown door, but the railroad industry didnt use this term. I looked for awhile and finally came across this ad on the cover of Railway Review, which identified this type of end as Murphy. But then for a long time, I wondered who Murphy was, was this the same guy who created Murphys Law? But in looking just now on-line, I found references to a William Patton Murphy who seems to have been the founder of Standard Railway Equipment (later Stanray). And also a 1912 patent by him and another guy, so I guess that is where the name Murphy comes from. - JN
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 20:23:20 +0000

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