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Re: Santa Fe Super Chief Train Engine Registry
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 21 Feb 2002 20:52:33 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
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> "James J. Trobaugh" wrote:
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> > Well the updating of the list will be a manual process at this point, so
> > I'll handle the formatting of the data once it arrives (for now). As this
> > project takes off I'll probally be adding more of an automated process and
> > will make the fields a bit more intuitive as the days go by.
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> > I don't know about skipping the character at this point, we don't know
> > really what the number sceme will be, so the character might be an important
> > part of the unique number. I figure that more information will be better
> > than less.
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> > As for the countries, I plan on adding a combo box with country selection to
> > keep it simple and to keep it consistant.
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> > Thanks for the input, I'll put it all to go use as the week goes on....and I
> > have time
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> Hey JT-
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> As I was building an 8 wide version of the Super Chief, I got to thinking-- since
> my sets will be kit-bashed-- maybe it would be fun to include a place on the
> registry as to when the particular SC in question got scrapped:-)
Good idea. Some of mine are gonna be scrapped the day they arrive... (I have
a mind to try an Alco PA ish variant)
Also probably want to correctly credit the Santa Fe "circle plus sign" logo,
the chief drumhead and other decorative material as trade dress of the ATSF
Railway, a predecessor railway of BNSF, as was noted in another thread.
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| (...) Which brings to mind an interesting point: Is it *really* scrapping if the set never got built in the first place? (as will be the case with mine) Perhaps I'll have to buy a third to build for comparison. And perhaps I'll buy another one to (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Super Chief Train Engine Registry
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| (...) Hey JT- As I was building an 8 wide version of the Super Chief, I got to thinking-- since my sets will be kit-bashed-- maybe it would be fun to include a place on the registry as to when the particular SC in question got scrapped:-) -John (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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