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Re: Western Pacific Headlight question
Author: DCA
Date: 03-12-2012 - 12:39

Trainjunkie's reply covers the answer to the "ash can" headlights questions completely. I was a WP brakeman in 1967-68 and was told at the time that the older-style headlamps were preferred in the Feather River Canyon because of the wider beam spread. Though I didn't work east of the Second Subdivision, which ended at Oroville, the many curves through Niles Canyon (on the First Sub) and over Altamont Pass were other areas where the best available lighting would have been desired by the WP.

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Western Pacific Headlight question Throttle Hogg 03-11-2012 - 21:34
  Re: Western Pacific Headlight question Chris Walker 03-11-2012 - 22:38
  Re: Western Pacific Headlight question SP5103 03-12-2012 - 08:08
  Re: Western Pacific Headlight question trainjunkie 03-12-2012 - 11:30
  Re: Western Pacific Headlight question DCA 03-12-2012 - 12:39
  RDC experience in the Canyon D 03-12-2012 - 13:11
  Re: RDC experience in the Canyon BOB R 03-12-2012 - 20:32
  Re: RDC experience in the Canyon DCA 03-13-2012 - 00:29
  Re: RDC experience in the Canyon SP5103 03-13-2012 - 08:21
  Re: RDC experience in the Canyon OPRRMS 03-13-2012 - 12:40
  Re: RDC experience in the Canyon Dr Zarkoff 03-13-2012 - 17:04
  Re: RDC experience in the Canyon OldPoleBurner 03-14-2012 - 11:02
  Re: Western Pacific Headlight question OPRRMS 03-12-2012 - 13:02
  Re: Western Pacific Headlight question Craig Tambo 03-13-2012 - 00:21
  Re: Western Pacific Headlight question George Andrews 03-13-2012 - 16:39


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