11-12-2020, 01:48 PM
I'm not convinced many registrations are terrible helpful for projections, as some cars were running 3 years before they gained such. Although where the dates are the earliest in those around them and thus have little lag, that is really helpful for likely build dates in B2 and B4/5?
But 87 is another one which sits well in B2, obviously part of a batch before that of 81, just from desk survey. 81 probably had a body from the bottom of pile whereas 87 was more likely picked from the top, assuming their histories support that they are likely original to their build and that physical evidence supports it all. We'll perhaps never know if 81 was planned as export... but presumably it was?
But 87 is another one which sits well in B2, obviously part of a batch before that of 81, just from desk survey. 81 probably had a body from the bottom of pile whereas 87 was more likely picked from the top, assuming their histories support that they are likely original to their build and that physical evidence supports it all. We'll perhaps never know if 81 was planned as export... but presumably it was?