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LGB Gourmino Speisewagen # 30520

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I have just received this car. It is nicely done, but I have a few questions :
1. The internet states this car was originally produced in 2006. Were any of these cars actually produced then? My car is from the current production run, and I am wondering how it would differ from the 2006 production run if in fact there was such a run in 2006.
2.The internet photos for the 2006 car show a car with what appears to be a lighter blue color than my car, and the underside is all painted black. One visable piece of the underside of my car is painted white and is held in place by two screws. Anybody know why this one piece was painted white? To me it looks a litle out of place.
3.An extra set of diaphrams for ends of the car is included. Anybody know how the extra set differs from what is already on the car? The only difference I can see is that the set on the car includes a gray piece over the top of the
diaphrams, while the extra set has black pieces to fit over the top of the extra set.
4. The "Instruction" is limited to a few diagrams with nothing in writing. One diagram for the underside includes an arrow labled "Digital." Anybody know to what that refers?
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Got the following from the horse's mouth as far as the MLGB sticker is concerned.

Very straight forward - the number includes the year of manufacture and then simply a sequential serial number - different for each item.


This is actually exactly the same system we use at our company - QC then had a record of which serial number labels (ie numbers) were used each day and on which line, shift and operator, so if there ever was a manufacturing problem it could be traced back to a day and a particular production line and shift.
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Dan Pierce
The extra diaphrams are slightly different. There is a plastic loop on the header(top) of one pair, and a slight difference in the side.
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Posted By Dan Pierce on 01/26/2009 5:18 AM
The extra diaphrams are slightly different. There is a plastic loop on the header(top) of one pair, and a slight difference in the side.



The extra diaphrams are meant to be used when this Gourmino car is coupled to a coach of the "67" type, ie 30673, 30674.
The diaphrams of those cars are slightly different and these extra diaphrams provide a better match for those cars.
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Thanks Knut. 
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