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Re: How to # that darn B unit...
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 23 Aug 2002 02:14:09 GMT
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According to Model Railroad Magazine, most, if not all railroads considered
multi-unit lashups as one locomotive, thus having the same number and not
needing a numberboard. This was done mainly to by-pass the union rules
requiring an engineer and crew on 'each' locomotive, since they were all
controlled by the main unit anyway...
> In lugnet.trains, David VinZant writes:
> > I have been looking around the net to find out if the SCSC B units have
> > numbers on them. So far the pictures I have found of the B units show no
> > number at all. So I kinda have a two part question. Does the SFSC B unit
> > have a number and if so, where is it placed.
> >
> > Thanks for any help
> >
> > Dave
> > PNLTC
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| Thanks for all the info. I had heard that the engines were seen as one whole unit. So I will just leave it with out a number. Dave PNLTC ps. I ment SFSC, not SCSC (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: How to # that darn B unit...
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| I don't think the B-units had number boards. I have several model train catalogs, and they don't show any B-units with number boards for ATSF or any other roadname for that matter. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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