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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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Thu, 15 Mar 2001 03:36:41 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi writes:
> 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.)
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> 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
An SD40-3 is an updated SD40-2, these locomotves were rebuilt with
microprocessor controls among other things. -Harvey
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