Marriage on the railroad August 5, 2008

Railcars can come in two types — single units or married pairs. Upon doing research on this in Wikipedia, the most reliable source for all things good, I discover there are four types of married pairs.

In general, a married pair is two railcars permanently paired that act as one. But, don’t be fooled.

Whoever named the types of married pairs must have a religious vendetta against somebody/something. The four types are stereotypically named:

Civil Unions
Protestant Married Pairs
Catholic Married Pairs
Mormon Married Pairs

So, you can pretty much guess based on the names alone which ones could act as single entitities, which ones kinda-sorta can be separated, which ones can only be separated by divine intervention, and which ones opt for big love.

I don’t editorialize. I just interpret facts.

Who knew that New York City was filled with Mormons?