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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 23:05:29 GMT
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> 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?
I've recently discovered the joys of a Walthers catalog. Walthers is a
model railroad distributor, and they publish a very large catalog every
year. There are a lot of B/W side shots of rolling stock. This is great
for browsing and IDing various things. It is also very handy for a
reference of what real-world train stuff looks like.
You can buy the catalog ($15?) at a hobby shop. You might also be able to
convince said hobby shop to give you or sell you last year's catalog for
cheap. I got mine from one of the other members of my LTC after he got a
newer one at a train show (thanks, Rick!). Mine is 10 years old, but that's
good enough for my purposes.
There may be a better way, but that seems to work well for me. I first
found a picture in a coffee table book, then I looked it up in the catalog
to ID it.
> (Who is still adamantly and irrevokably not a trainhead, but a serious
> castle guy. Honest.)
Yes, and I'm a space guy. Trains and town are very seductive, though. It's
a completely different exercise to build things you see around you as
opposed to things in your head that may have no reality.
--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
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