get ahold of the "master's"books i.e. joe strapac
mel perry
On Jun 8, 2012, at 2:52 PM, ctxmf74 wrote:
--- In [email protected], "David Engle" <rirocket@...> wrote:
>
> Agree generally, but-- E and F units had three beam lights all in
that upper nose housing?
I don't know about the F and E units as SP never ran them here on
the branch so I didn't get to play on them. The upper light on the
F's and E's might have been a combination light something like the
large barrel shaped lights on some switchers and early road
switchers? or it might just be big enough to have the three lights
spaced around it??
Somehow the barrel lights mechanically switched from white to red
when the loco was stopped on the main or in other warning
situations. I can't recall seeing one apart but when one switched
they looked like they did it with some kind of hinged sections or
internal dividers.For a while back in 1957 or 58 an SD7 lead
freight would stop and switch the furniture factory near my house
and I recall watching the light switch from white to
red. ...DaveBranum
