Pyle Headlight Numberboards
| July 14, 2018 04:14PM |
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Casey and I have been working on making some new glass numberboards for the 483 charter next month. We wanted to make a set that would be prototypical to what was on the locomotive back in the Grande days. Mr. Dylan Hutson has been helping us with onsite measurements, and Mr. Russo Loco has been helping with historical photos.
Earl has told me the headlights originally had a piece of frosted glass behind a metal "filter" containing the number, and then clear glass outside of that. This allows the light inside the headlight to shine through to light the numbers. So... that's what I did! I frosted a piece of glass with my cheapo sandblaster, and the filter was cut on my laser from a plastic material called Rowmark. I drew the numbers in Corel, and they are based and traced from historical photos.
The beauty of this is, to renumber the locomotive, just slide in a new filter. We plan on making enough to renumber the 488 (loco and tender,) but could make enough for the entire fleet if so desired.
Let me know what you think!
Unstacked pieces.
Pieces stacked together.
Add the light!
Cody Akin
Irving, Tx
"Rio -Gran"de
Earl has told me the headlights originally had a piece of frosted glass behind a metal "filter" containing the number, and then clear glass outside of that. This allows the light inside the headlight to shine through to light the numbers. So... that's what I did! I frosted a piece of glass with my cheapo sandblaster, and the filter was cut on my laser from a plastic material called Rowmark. I drew the numbers in Corel, and they are based and traced from historical photos.
The beauty of this is, to renumber the locomotive, just slide in a new filter. We plan on making enough to renumber the 488 (loco and tender,) but could make enough for the entire fleet if so desired.
Let me know what you think!
Unstacked pieces.
Pieces stacked together.
Add the light!
Cody Akin
Irving, Tx
"Rio -Gran"de
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CodyAkin | July 14, 2018 04:14PM |
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Samart | July 14, 2018 04:32PM |
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Mike Stillwell | July 14, 2018 06:03PM |
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Casey Akin | July 15, 2018 04:13PM |
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dthom8787 | July 16, 2018 04:57PM |
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CodyAkin | July 16, 2018 08:52PM |
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dthom8787 | July 16, 2018 11:27PM |
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CodyAkin | July 31, 2018 10:31PM |
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dthom8787 | July 31, 2018 11:13PM |
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Russo Loco | July 18, 2018 03:33PM |
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et&wnc | August 01, 2018 11:10AM |
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Peyton Smith | August 02, 2018 11:52AM |
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CodyAkin | August 02, 2018 06:15PM |
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
The NGDF was started by Don Richter and is currently operated in his memory by Nathan Holmes and others. Others who have contributed to the upkeep of this board are (in no particular order): Charles McCandless, Everett Lueck, Ted Wilton, Cole Adams, James Bane, John Moellmer, Jon Bentz, Linn Moedinger, lloyd lehrer, Rod Jensen, John Craft, Steven Forney, Herb Kelsey, Bill Ramaley, Russ Sperry (El Russo Loco), Josh McNeal, John West, Jim Armstrong, Bob Bergstrom, Greg Scholl, Blake Forbes Doug van Veelen and Mark Fuller.