Re: Steam Loco Trivia Challenge
Author: Castlebridge
Date: 02-19-2010 - 20:11
Steve Thompson Wrote:
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> I got to thinking about this last night, and came
> up blank!
>
> How many engines were numbered (by coincidence)
> the same as their wheel arrangement?
> Such as;
>
> 4-4-0 No. 440
> 2-8-0 No. 280
> 4-8-4 No. 484
> etc.
>
> There must have been some, although I don't think
> any were so numbered on the Northern Pacific.
>
> Steve
It could be an interesting challenge, too, to those not graphically challenged, to do some image editing and create possible views of locos with famous numbers--4449, for example--that meet Steve's spec.