----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Ardinger" <kma2012@j...>
To: <metcalf@a...>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: [BRHSlist] E7A 9949 B
> CBQ 9929A is b/n 4439 9/47 E7A
> 9949(B) is b/n 4501 9/47 E7A to EMD 9/70 as trade in
> All of the EMD Product Books list this as 9949-no B listed
>
> The 9949 was scheduled to become BN 9925
>
> Ken
>
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 11:29:06 -0700 "Norm Metcalf" <metcalf@a...>
> writes:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "brokenrail2" <brokenrail2@y...>
> > To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 11:16 AM
> > Subject: [BRHSlist] E7A 9949 B
> >
> >
> > > --- In BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com, "David Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@m...>
> > wrote:
> > > > Jan,
> > > >
> > > > According to Burlington Bulletin No. 10, here is the scoop on
> > 9949A:
> > > >
> > > > 9949A Model E8-A Purchased 9/50 Bldr. # 11762 Became BN
> > 9949
> > > (3/20/70)
> > > > then Amtrak 343 (8/1/72) Retired 5/28/75 Sold for Scrap to
> > > Precision
> > > > National Corp., Mt. Vernon, IL.
> > > >
> > > > Dave
> > >
> > > Forget the 9949A--what about 9949B. My records show it to be an
> > E7A
> > > built in 9/47 (in a group of 10 E7A's 9926A&B--9930A&B).
> > >
> > > The E8A's were numbered 9937B, (9937A being the last E7A)
> > 9938A&B--
> > > 9948A&B and the 9949A. But E7A 9949B was shoe-horned in between
> > the
> > > E8A's and the E5's (starting with 9950A).
> > >
> > > My records don't explain this oddity but my GUESS is that it may
> > be
> > > the 9929A--one of the 9/47 E7A's. I show pre-merger retirement
> > dates
> > > or BN#'s for all of this series of E7A's except the 9929A. Was
> > this
> > > a wreck rebuild? Anybody know for sure?
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