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Earl

February 15, 2014 04:06PM

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Donald Foster Wrote:
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> Curious? Why did they bother to renumber the #473
> to #478 for the movie? It seems that that the
> movie would have come along fine if they left it
> numbered 473. If for some reason the locomotive
> had to be the #478, why didn't they just use the
> #478?
>
> Interesting.
>
> Regards,
> Donald Foster

I'm thinking they used both 473 and 478 and probably changed the numbers around for filming reasons (lighting, engine facing the wrong way, etc.)

I've got slide somewhere of 478 numbered 473.

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