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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by ericsp</i> <br />The dash should be immediately before the 2. For a while UP decided to put the T on the end for some reason. I have noticed that the tunnel motors repainted more recently have the T in the correct place, I guess UP found out that they were in error. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />It's more like a "You say Po-ta-to and I say Po-tat-o" thing rather than a mistake or anyone being in error. EMD (and most of the railfan community) use the term DDA-40X. That's fine; I even have an "EMD DDA40X Maintenance Manual". However, the UP Mechanical Dept has always used the term DD40X (no 'A'), that's the term we in the mechanical dept. used and it still ruffles me a bit ( [:D] ) to hear folks talking about DDA40Xs. <br /> <br />The same goes for more recent stuffs...like AC4400CWs. That's what GE calls them and that's what they use on all of their service and maintenance literature. The UP calls them C44ACs (or C60AC, C44ACCTE, C45AC, etc.). Is that wrong? Nope; it's just a different outlook/spin on things, that is all. If I was master of my own little railroad, I could take a GP7 and classify it as a 57' Chevy Four-Door Hardtop or a 777, complete with the appropriate model designation decals! :) <br /> <br />As a side note, the model designation decals are made by a graphic design outfit in Omaha and are then supplied to the folks at the system shops in renumbering kits (complete with decals, AEI tags and E-PROMs for the OBTs) tailor-made to individual units. They made have made a little glitch that put the 'T' on the rear. [:)]
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