11-09-2011, 01:01 PM
dave_long Wrote:Ed as you mentioned to absolutely sure you'll need the batch/order/build numbers, well the RR pictures archive has come up trumps on that and I'm happy that the locos are SW9s, its obviously just as confusing for the real engineers considering that 1206 has SW1200 painted under the number on the cab!hock:
Link to RR here http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPic...x?id=97585
And this link does show 1206 with SW1200 on the cabside http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPic...id=2717326
Thanks guys, just need to find a couple P2K locos to detail up.
Dave
It is probably not confusing to the engineers at all. Most Engineers don't know what version a locomotive is that they run unless they are railfans or modelers. On a short line with just a couple of locomotives, they probably know them by their numbers, so the locomotives would be #1 & #2 or whatever number was assigned by the company. On a class one, the engineers know them by their class numbers, say a 3500 class or a 4500 class, etc.