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Re: US MOC loco numbering
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 30 Jul 2005 21:32:10 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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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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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 number one wants by cutting up the numbers
and pasting them on. But by choosing “3003”, I only had to paste a “3” and a
“003” together (less hassle and easier to line up:-)
I don’t really pay much attention to numbers, unless I am modelling a specific
prototype, as I did with my Hustle Muscle. It was obviously important to number
that MOC “400”.
Now, take my Huskey
Stack for instance. The number is close to reality, but the real reason I
chose that number it evident if you turn your monitor upside down;-)
Short answer is that I’d rather have fun with numbers (using birthdates, Pi,
etc) rather than be “prototypical”.
YMMV
JOHN
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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 (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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