Dating LGB rolling stock.

[Neil Robinson]

This isn't as easy as I hoped, so my planned article didn't happen
However this thread,originally put on GSM, gives some good guidelines for anyone wondering how old that prospective purchase or treasured item really is.

 

[Rich]

Thanks for the guide Neil, its pretty useful. I think I've managed to deduce that my steam tram is from sometime between 1975 to early 80s. I knew it was older model, didn't think it was that old though.

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[KleineDicke]

This kind of reminds me of my 1976 BMW 2002. I had to have the serial number whenever I got parts for it - the model year wasn't enough. Seems that BMW made all sorts of running changes back then, so the serial number was sometimes critical to getting the right part. I ended up memorizing the number (2740130) which I will probably always have (I sold the car three years ago).