Re: Over the hump.
Author: Gary Hunter
Date: 02-27-2012 - 11:30

Since there seems to be some historical expertise on SWs here, let me pose a question. Some of the SW-9s had cow-calf combinations, and some of them had some variety of "ash can" type lights, presumably oscillating. I notice that the yard pairs of locos seem to be generally absent the large lights. Were the large lights moved around to correspond with assignment, or just some ordered with/without? I saw a lot of switchers as road power on the San Bernardino job for SP/PE as a kid, but the "road pair" seldom if ever had the large format lights. My assumption over the years was that a line with much street running (ex-PE)would be the highest priority of use for the units with the highest visibility light packages. Any info appreciated. BTW, I have almost never seen footage of the SWs with those lights in operation, so my assuption has also been that they were "gyralite" or Mars lights.



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Over the hump. Bill Kohler 02-27-2012 - 08:36
  Re: Over the hump. George manley 02-27-2012 - 09:39
  Re: Over the hump. SP5103 02-27-2012 - 11:06
  Re: Over the hump. OPRRMS 02-27-2012 - 13:19
  Re: Over the hump. SP5103 02-27-2012 - 14:12
  Re: Over the hump. Gary Hunter 02-27-2012 - 11:30
  Re: Over the hump. OPRRMS 02-27-2012 - 13:51
  Re: Over the hump. Gary Hunter 02-27-2012 - 17:04
  Re: Over the hump. SP5103 02-27-2012 - 17:41
  Re: Over the hump. OPRRMS 02-27-2012 - 18:15
  Re: Over the hump. SP5103 02-27-2012 - 14:02
  Re: Over the hump. SP5103 02-27-2012 - 14:09
  Re: Over the hump. Gary Hunter 02-28-2012 - 15:11
  Re: Over the hump. OPRRMS 02-28-2012 - 20:24
  Re: SP 70T assignments SP5103 02-29-2012 - 08:45
  Re: SP 70T assignments Craig Tambo 03-01-2012 - 01:14
  Re: SP 70T assignments SP5103 03-01-2012 - 09:22
  Re: SP 70T #5117 SP5103 02-29-2012 - 08:59
  Re: Over the hump. OPRRMS 02-28-2012 - 20:07
  Go Army! Vet 02-27-2012 - 15:38
  Re: Go Army! George Andrews 02-27-2012 - 21:04


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