[RITSlist] ROCK ISLAND DIESELS WITH "TUNNEL???" LIGHTS

[jeff worones]

These are a predecessor to today's ditch lights.
I believe they started out in Minnesota during the early 70's to improve visibility at grade crossings - for the drivers, not the engineers.
A number of U25/28Bs and GP35s had these. One early passenger diesel had them too. #626?
Once the experimented ended, maintenance on them ceased. They were left in place, but very few, if any, still had lenses by shutdown.
 
The Maine Central purchases (U25B) and Union Pacific returns (U28B) carried the housings until their death (scrapping).
 
This is just a quick summary, I'll turn it over to the folks who know stuff now...
 
Jeff
 
Jeff Worones
Seattle WA


----- Original Message ----
From: Lamoyne Westerbeck lmarkw at yahoo.com

You are talking about the lights on the corners of the nose(short hood) of cab right. These are classification lights. To classify the train it's powering.
Can any one answer this better.

Lamoyne
(BCR&NRY)


----- Original Message ----
From: Forrest Becht <flbtrain at earthlink.net>
To: lmarkw at yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2008 9:18:33 AM
Subject: ROCK ISLAND DIESELS WITH "TUNNEL???" LIGHTS


I'm trying to find out why some of the Rock's units had lights on the  
front corner tops of the cabs.  I have a picture of GE U-Boat #208  
taken at Topeka, KS and the unit has a set of lights on the top front  
corners of the cab (like ditch lights, but on the cab).
Forrest Becht
225/278-0575



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