Re: Tender lights

DakotaRed Wrote:
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> (DISCLAIMER: I searched before asking, I promise.
> Maybe I'm using the wrong search terms?)
>
> When did the Rio Grande install rear-facing
> headlights on locomotive tenders? And for what
> reason; was it ICC regulations or something else?
>
> I can't make out any sort of pattern:
>
> - K-28 #474 has one in 1940:
> [digital.denverlibrary.org]
> llection/p15330coll22/id/57533/rec/1
> - K-28 #478 has one in 1941:
> [ngtrainpics.photoshelter.com]
> A20a035r0
> - K-28 #473 does not have one in 1942:
> [digital.denverlibrary.org]
> llection/p15330coll22/id/51583/rec/79
>
> etc...
>
> I know that locos that did yard duty had them of
> course (315 in 1946):
> [digital.denverlibrary.org]
> llection/p15330coll22/id/57659/rec/34
>
> Thx...

Most of the K-36's and K-37's didn't get them until the very late 40's and 1950 time frame. A few K-37's working out of Gunnison did get a large pyle tender light which was mounted on the rear deck just past the water hatch (think of where a K-36 tender light is) for switching at Crested Butte. 492, 496, 497 come to mind off hand.

William
aka drgwk37