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Re: US MOC loco numbering
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 30 Jul 2005 20:09:03 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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Was looking at that earlier, I though it was a
GP50
tho’
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This brings me to a question that was bothering me when i was looking
throught the NMRA photos. I don’t know my US loco classes by sight so I was
looking up the numbers to find what the MOCs represented. None of them seemed
to have correct numbers. For example
BN 3003 is a GP40, not
GP50. The BN GP50s are 3100-3162. Is there a reason for this? Just curious :)
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Someone didn’t check the published rosters? Every railroad has their own scheme,
which they violate with impunity when they want to, or if they run out of
numbers (UP just started a second reporting mark for locos because they had run
out of 4 digit numbers or something)
LEGO is freelance so what the heck, it’s all good. I’m still going to razz J2
about it now that you’ve caught him out, though.
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) I just liked the number-- it's palindromic fun! :-) For the most part, actually, I choose that number for the ease of it. On the decal itself, there were 2 numbers "8003", along with the usual 0,1,2,3,4.... Now, obviously, one can create any (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | US MOC loco numbering
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| (...) This brings me to a question that was bothering me when i was looking throught the NMRA photos. I don't know my US loco classes by sight so I was looking up the numbers to find what the MOCs represented. None of them seemed to have correct (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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