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Re: How the heck do I find out what model that engine I see going by is?
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 14 Mar 2001 23:00:48 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, James Brown writes:
> > I figured I'd ask that here, since so many people are tossing around model
> > types, I figure someone ought to know...
> >
> > If I see a train go by, and want to know what model it is, how do I find
> > out, short of slogging through hundreds of pictures & model variations at
> > fan sites, and hoping my memory is up to the task?
> >
> > James
> > (Who is still adamantly and irrevokably not a trainhead, but a serious
> > castle guy. Honest.)
>
> If you really want to be able to tell, get a copy of Second Diesel Spotter's
> Guide. But it's not a critical thing to be able to tell every variant.
I'm not interested in the 'every varient' thing, but I would like to know if
there is some way to tell (other than sheer volume of knowledge base, which
is how trainheads do it, I assume) what an engine I'm looking at is. Beyond
the basic "It's a train engine, and CN Rail owns it", which is the limit of
what I can determine at the moment. Which half of the product run it is,
and how I can tell by the different ventilator cap on the right-rear
protruding flange isn't what I'm after.
Thanks,
James
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