Rubert
The 25xxxx series numbers were for ex-passenger
equipment. There was a list of available numbers for
various types of equipment, as they were converted. In
the days before "instant comunication", sometimes the
same number got on more than one car and it took a
while to get it right.
John
--- Rupert and Maureen <gamlenz@i...> wrote:
> Listers
>
> Reading through an old post dated 29 December 2002
> by Gerald Edgar relating to work trains in general
> and bunk cars in particular, I noticed a comment "As
> none of these MoW bunks/tools/shower were 250000
> series, they were all converted boxcars", which
> started the thought processes going.
>
> Who was responsible for the decision to convert
> existing equipment to MOW usage and for the
> numbering of "new" work equipment - that is was it
> centralised or local? Presumably, there was a formal
> list of number batches which could be allocated for
> the different types of equipments to ensure the
> comformity within the numbering system. Has such a
> list be published anywhere?
>
> TIA
>
> Rupert
>
>
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>
>
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