>> But weren't the canal boats faster? 
>> Rance
Velapoldi (Tranby, Norway) 
> 
>> > NYC put those
stripes on to differentiate their locos from the Erie 
>> >
Canal boats. John Armstrong 
> 
> Awright,
y'guys........The NYC was faster in the winter because the 
>
water froze them thar boats in solid. So there....Ed L. 
> 
> The stripes were scratches from the ice.   John
Armstrong



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