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 Posted - February 06 2009 : 10:31:34 AM
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has anyone got links to info on above ken
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 11:13:40 AM
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| What kind of info? General on number boards? Boards now normally display the unit's road number, but one time were often used to display the train's identification--it varied by company. No units ever would have had multiple #'s like yours have.
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 11:32:41 AM
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| gathered that chris why i posted,need info around 70/90s ken
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 11:57:51 AM
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| I'll look around for some info. I can't think of any examples in the US by the 1970's where boards were used for anything but road numbers. --maybe some commuter operations?
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 12:00:00 PM
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| so what did they put there anything or nothing ken
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 1:31:04 PM
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| The engine's unit number usually appears in the boards now (and since the 70's). A few newer units only have front boards, with the rear blanked out, as the units tend not to travel back-first.
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 2:02:12 PM
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| thought that might be the case,who makes sets like the kato ones as at night they are really good ken
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 2:47:48 PM
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Anyone come up with an answer?
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 2:58:43 PM
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| yes its general for todays locos to show running number
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 3:08:10 PM
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The loco's right? not the trains?
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 3:09:08 PM
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| not with you gareth,ken
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 3:10:48 PM
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I mean the board number is the one belonging to the engine, like the #4301 on the Tyco/Mantua 430's?
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 3:15:41 PM
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| thats the one,ken
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Posted - February 06 2009 : 3:19:09 PM
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| Gareth, that's correct. When I was dispatching trains, we generally called the train by its loco number and direction of travel, like "BNSF 4301 West." Before the 70's or so, some number boards used the loco's number preceded by an 'X' to denote this train was an 'extra' (not on timetable. I think most just display to locos unit number nowadays. Chris
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