Re: UP U30C #2900... late nite trivia
Author: Chris Walker
Date: 11-27-2023 - 03:38
? Wrote:
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> More trivia: In the later photo, the two cab-side
> windows are painted over. Can only guess that
> maybe too much peripheral light interfered with
> crews' forward view?
>
> Cool horn BTW.
Hey ?
Those cab side windows were plated not painted; a cost saving measure due to FRA glazing upgrade requirements.
An Alco C630 carried the 2900 number first, retired the year before that U30C was built.
Batterybox panel is from a C30-7.
Chris
in New Zealand