Warning: This may be confusing.... lol
EX is reporting zip, zilch, nada, -0- for me at this point altho they previously reported 1 TL of 19-20 reported on EQ and TU. I'd like to clean this up but my fuse is a little short at the moment. (The 1 TL they were reporting is a 30 day late that I attempted to GW with Citi. Instead of just denying the GW, Citi disputed the item with the CRA's.) I need to get that off! I hate Citi! 
While organizing my garage this past weekend I found a box of paperwork. Among a lot of junk I found and old credit report (1/27/97) obtained thru "Credentials", a credit monitoring company I subscribed to, that has an "Experian Consumer Number" listed, with no correlation to my "Credentials" account number.
Could this be the key in getting my TL's and score back? Were these numbers assigned on day one of our credit history with Experian? If so, it should still be good, right??? And like magic, would clear this mess up??
Any info greatly appreciated!
D-R
Robert,
Thanks for your reply.
I didn't mean to imply there was anything improper. I'm glad the old Citi account still reports, I had forgotten about it. It's not a negative, great CL, -0- balance, paid as agreed altho closed by grantor. (in-activity) I only have one negative in a 35+ yr history which I tried and failed to GW. A crappy 30 day on a HD/Citi card, which is 4yrs old. I realize that this has little affect on my score, I just wanted that dang red flag gone!
Yes, it's confusing. I bit the bullet and called EX yesterday. They are doing an internal investigation to locate my credit files which may take 45 days. (I have 19-20 TL's reporting on TU and EQ with excellent scores.)
When I said I could get NOTHING on EX, it means: I cannot even get a report. They have NO TL's for me.
Keep in mind that I'm paying 3 mtgs, have a HELOC, 3 or 4 CC's which I use regularly in addition to some "consumer-closed" CC's, a few store cards, open even tho some of the stores are now defunct, closed auto installments, etc., etc., all paid as agreed. I've moved one time in 36 years and had the same phone number for 45 years! (only now, we have to dial all the numbers instead of the last 4.. lol) See why I'm confused??
Somehow this history is lost, split, misplaced, ?, at EX, and I wasn't even aware of it until I pulled from ACR.com after being questioned about EX by a Lender. I had never checked my scores... never had a need to. I asked for credit and it was always granted. (with one exception: Sears, in the 60's)
As for Citi and the expired card, I called them yesterday also to try to re-open that card. The CSR found the account and history. Don't know if this statement is worth it's salt but she stated: "you should receive your new cards in 7-10 days". It remains to be seen how that works out.... It'll have a 12 yr history so EX should give me at least one TL!! 
Worst case scenario: Citi sees all those dang inquiries for mortgage shopping and tells me to get lost. 
I can live with it either way.
Have a great day!
D-R