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Subject:	Re: How the heck do I find out what model that engine I see going by is?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Wed, 14 Mar 2001 23:47:53 GMT
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James Brown wrote: > > 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 your close enough to read it the engine might have the class painted on it. I watched a SD40-3 go by the other day. It looked just like an SD40-2 and I was very surprised to see a -3. I am not a train spotter at all, I just didn't know there was a -3, and the only reason I know a few of the names is because I saw a picture with a name. Chris

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		Re: How the heck do I find out what model that engine I see going by is?
(...) I (...) know (...) a (...) That's fine, but up here, the engines tend to being DRS-xx-x or such... (Diesel Road Switcher, I think...) Get a copy of 2nd diesel spotters guide, it is a good resource for use. Otherwise: 4 axles (GE=B, GM=GP) 6 (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)

		Re: How the heck do I find out what model that engine I see going by is?
(...) An SD40-3 is an updated SD40-2, these locomotves were rebuilt with microprocessor controls among other things. -Harvey (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)

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		How the heck do I find out what model that engine I see going by is?
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 (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)

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