Does anyone remember an article in an older Trains (maybe in the 1980s) about engine numbers? It was talking about how certain numbers just seemed "right" and kind of ran off your tongue and just sounded better?
I believe that you're remembering 'Fast Numbers?' by E. W. “Ed” King Jr.
It was on page 29 in the July 1983 issue.
That doesn't sound familiar but it was a long time ago. Do you have a copy you could send? I don't have anyn prior TRAINS magazines.
SP Daylights in the 4440s and 4450s sort of snap off your tongue like an auctioneer - forty four forty nine, forty four fifty five, etc., because of the cadence of the syllables.
UP 840s also for the same reason - eight forty one, eight forty four, etc.
NYC L3as as L3bs in the 3030s too - thirty thirty one, thirty thirty nine, etc.
Or NYC&HRRR locomotives in the 990s - nine ninety one, nine ninety nine, etc.
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