Re: 478 and 476 doublehead out of Durango 1955
| March 31, 2018 05:24PM |
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Jim McKee Wrote:
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> The 478 looks seriously grungy in those 1950's
> photos, and what's with the headlight not being
> on.
Did they even run with the headlight on in that era? Otto Perry photos don't show Headlights burning in Daytime over a quick review either. A good way to spot a photofraud, I guess.
EDIT: On looking again at the pictures that William posted, does the Headlight even have a Reflector in it?
Headlights on in daytime was a Diesel/Railcar thing, no smoke signals to be seen.
Only at the last of steam did our Enginedrivers run with the Headlight on during the day and that was probably because they were used to running Diesels with the Headlight on all the time, got into the habit of turning it on.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/31/2018 05:56PM by Chris Walker.
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> The 478 looks seriously grungy in those 1950's
> photos, and what's with the headlight not being
> on.
Did they even run with the headlight on in that era? Otto Perry photos don't show Headlights burning in Daytime over a quick review either. A good way to spot a photofraud, I guess.
EDIT: On looking again at the pictures that William posted, does the Headlight even have a Reflector in it?
Headlights on in daytime was a Diesel/Railcar thing, no smoke signals to be seen.
Only at the last of steam did our Enginedrivers run with the Headlight on during the day and that was probably because they were used to running Diesels with the Headlight on all the time, got into the habit of turning it on.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/31/2018 05:56PM by Chris Walker.
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