dominick oquendo posted:I need to obtain (4) "8022" number boards for my 1970 Lionel Santa AA alcos. These alcos were made for Sears in 1970.
As an early MPC guy, I can tell you that your odds of finding these are not great. To the best of my knowledge, an official part number for these was never published, nor do I believe they were ever available from the parts department. Adding to the problem is that the shells were available for years after they were produced, but they never had the proper number boards included. I've combed through/bought out a lot of old service stations, and I've never run across these anywhere.
Note that these locos were mainly sold through JCPenney in 1971 in sets as well as separate sale of a single A unit in a mailer box. The origin of the A-A pairs still isn't completely clear. Judging from the catalog number, it's possible these saw production in 1970, but that isn't totally clear, either.
Chuck Sartor posted:The only other engine to have numbers molded in the lens is the 1970 issue of the 8030 Illinois Central GP-9.
Besides the 8022 and 8030, the initial runs of the 8020 Santa Fe Alco and 8031 Canadian National GP-7's had molded-in numbers in their number boards as well.
As for steam locos, the 8140 (made for Sears) and some 8141's had their numbers molded into their cab sides.
TRW
