| 7-6 17:01:11 | soccrdad30 | Hello Thom, Ellen |
| 7-6 17:01:08 | rvn2001 | Hi Ellen. |
| 7-6 17:01:04 | soccrdad30 | Happy Sunday! |
| 7-6 17:01:03 | rvn2001 | Hi John. |
| 7-6 17:00:59 | ejshelton | Hi Thom |
| 4-6 2:15:41 | GNFan | It's past time for dinner for me, so I will check out, too. Bye, guyz. |
| 4-6 2:14:14 | rvn2001 | Well guyz, I'm gonna go check to zee that all of my trainz are ztill running. Z y'all later. |
| 4-6 2:07:27 | GNFan |
When they came out, I could recognize a Mercury Cougar, convertible or not. My younger brothers excitedly identify any convertible as a "Cougar!". I could not convince them otherwise.  |
| 4-6 2:06:34 | DAZed | gnite Ellen |
| 4-6 2:06:28 | DAZed | My mom had a Delta 88 when I was growing up. I think the only new car she ever bought. |
| 4-6 2:04:23 | rvn2001 | Car models just use whatever they want... |
| 4-6 2:03:41 | GNFan | ZU, Ellen. |
| 4-6 2:03:32 | GNFan |
At least car models are limited on numbers: Delta 88, Mustang II, etc. Of course Mercedes-Benz is the exception to that rule.  |
| 4-6 2:02:18 | rvn2001 | Bye Ellen. |
| 4-6 2:01:59 | ejshelton | Hi Stony......ZU later guys |
| 4-6 2:01:50 | DAZed | hi Stony |
| 4-6 2:01:32 | rvn2001 | Hi Stony. |
| 4-6 2:01:14 | GNFan | Hi, Stony. |
| 4-6 2:00:41 | GNFan | It does help, Doug. Thanks. |
| 4-6 2:00:25 | DAZed | yes, exactly |
| 4-6 2:00:20 | rvn2001 | That's what I was thinking, Mike. |
| 4-6 2:00:00 | DAZed | anyway, hope that paints a picture slightly clearer than mud for you |
| 4-6 1:59:50 | GNFan | It's an alphanumeric soup of model names and producing companies! |
| 4-6 1:58:26 | DAZed | so that is why you'll see a GP38-3 for example. |
| 4-6 1:57:45 | DAZed | even more confusing, some locomotive rebuilders of EMD cab diesels started using "-3" to designate rebuilt to standards similar to the EMD 70-series locomotive internals. |
| 4-6 1:54:21 | DAZed | it is a Progressive Rail company, IIRC. |
| 4-6 1:54:09 | GNFan | So I was only half wrong: it was "General"-/something/. :-} |
| 4-6 1:54:04 | DAZed | now EMD is no longer associated with GM. |
| 4-6 1:53:01 | DAZed | EMD was a division of General Motors |
| 4-6 1:52:35 | GNFan |
(Pardon me while I conflate locomotive companies i my limited mind. ) |
| 4-6 1:52:34 | DAZed | the C44-9W is a 4400hp six-axle with (W)ide nose version of the cab. GE used the "Dash 9" spelled out as marketing trickery, and thus it was labelled a "DASH 9-44CW" on the loco. |
| 4-6 1:51:17 | GNFan | More basic question: EMD is Electromotive Division, or something. But a division of what larger company? I thought they were part of GE, but seemingly not? |
| 4-6 1:50:13 | DAZed | so GE then followed with "-8" and you guessed it "-9". So a C40-8 for example was a 4000hp six-axle diesel with -8 (aka "Dash 8") internals. |
| 4-6 1:48:05 | DAZed | Then it seems GE decided to "one up" EMD and when they did similar updates to the U-boat line they used a "-7". So a U33C became a C30-7. |
| 4-6 1:47:02 | GNFan | (GP35s were the last Geep variety GN picked up, so GP38s and beyond are past my timeline |
| 4-6 1:46:54 | DAZed | EMD used the "-2" moniker to designate a significant technology leap from their previous locomotives. (e.g. SD40 became SD40-2 as they were almost completely different internally...electronics, etc) |
| 4-6 1:44:53 | DAZed | It's actually a GE thing |
| 4-6 1:44:42 | DAZed | Mike, "sort of" |
| 4-6 1:44:17 | GNFan | Isn't "Dash 9" a nickname of sorts anyway. Do I remember that it's from the EMD loco GP38-9, shortened to the "-9" part? |
| 4-6 1:43:48 | rvn2001 | I read it as Autoflood IIIs |
| 4-6 1:43:11 | DAZed | *Autoflood III's |
| 4-6 1:42:26 | DAZed | now I'm down to one more Dash 9, one more GP30, ten Autflood III's, and probably 7 of the AutoMAX cars. |
| 4-6 1:41:21 | rvn2001 | I would think AZL got it correct. |
| 4-6 1:40:31 | DAZed | that could have been a preproduction paint sample that the factory was having fun with |
| 4-6 1:40:05 | DAZed | yeah, it might be |
| 4-6 1:39:45 | rvn2001 | I hope the printing is correct on the model. |
| 4-6 1:39:33 | DAZed | anyway, I sum it up more as "annoying" versus anything I'm really upset about |
| 4-6 1:38:22 | DAZed | one of the other issues is that DASH9/CASH9 label should be tight against the front of the loco, not under the cab. So two birds one stone |
| 4-6 1:37:19 | DAZed | and the CA$H9 thing is easily fixable...one guy is already working on ordering decals to be made. |
| 4-6 1:36:24 | DAZed | Kato did the same thing in N, but granted they didn't actually have the right tooling sitting next to them. |
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