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I live in the USA and am most familiar with
Whyte notation for steam (eg
4-6-2 for Pacific). I'm used to
AAR notations like A1A-A1A for diesel-electric locomotives. There are 2 articles for UIC systems of notation - one for
locomotives (which is a more versatile and complex version of the AAR notation) and this article which describes a newer system that I've seldom seen before. The newer system, at least largely, is used for multiple-unit equipment, such as subway trains.
So I've edited the Wikipedia:Hatnote. However, the hatnote probably isn't right yet. The newer system provides lots of info, but it does not contain any direct indication of axle arrangements, bogies (we call them "trucks"), etc. So both the older and newer UIC systems will be of interest to railfans, at least. The problem is how to explain the distinction in some comprehensible way. Oaklandguy ( talk) 01:55, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
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![]() | This article contains a translation of UIC-Kennzeichnung der Triebfahrzeuge from de.wikipedia. |
I live in the USA and am most familiar with
Whyte notation for steam (eg
4-6-2 for Pacific). I'm used to
AAR notations like A1A-A1A for diesel-electric locomotives. There are 2 articles for UIC systems of notation - one for
locomotives (which is a more versatile and complex version of the AAR notation) and this article which describes a newer system that I've seldom seen before. The newer system, at least largely, is used for multiple-unit equipment, such as subway trains.
So I've edited the Wikipedia:Hatnote. However, the hatnote probably isn't right yet. The newer system provides lots of info, but it does not contain any direct indication of axle arrangements, bogies (we call them "trucks"), etc. So both the older and newer UIC systems will be of interest to railfans, at least. The problem is how to explain the distinction in some comprehensible way. Oaklandguy ( talk) 01:55, 11 September 2016 (UTC)