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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:	Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:50:53 GMT
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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? Thanks for the responses, folks. Unfortunately, the answer is what I suspected: "you can't". :/ My level of interest isn't up to the whole slogging through photos thing yet, whether they're photos in a book, or photos on a website. You'd think that you could look at a train engine and it would have the equivalent of "Dodge Caravan" on it somewhere... <shrug> Again, thanks for the answers. :) James

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		Re: How the heck do I find out what model that engine I see going by is?
(...) Ah. Yes, it does. It's called the "builder's plate" and if you can find it and read it you'll know a lot about the locomotive. (who built it, what model it is, when it was built) However, railfans (not GOOD railfans) have been known to prise (...) (24 years ago, 16-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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