George Andrews Wrote:
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> The fire hydrant was most likely marked so the
> local fire department would know who was supplying
> the water to that hydrant. Same with maintenance
> of the hydrant. The hydrant shown may have been
> located on SP property at one time, and railroads
> were often ahead of local cities in providing fire
> protection to their own facilities. Santa Fe had
> their own fire engine @ San Bernardino shops.

Tks for the response. I have a foto of a fire hydrant located on the site of the old B&M RR YMCA in East Deerfield, MA. I am not in a position to verify whether the B&M put its initials on the hydrant. The YMCA is long gone, nature has taken over the site, yet, there they are, fire hydrants ready to do their job, tho I doubt they have a water supply at this point. Pretty cool, if you think about it.