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CNW 1930's Caboose Marker Light Colors

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CNW 1930's Caboose Marker Light Colors
Posted by Pruitt on Sunday, April 3, 2022 8:55 PM

Were the markers red / yellow / yellow or red / green / green?

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Posted by mvlandsw on Monday, April 4, 2022 12:09 AM

I have a pair of Adlake C&NW kerosene marker lamps. They both have one red and three green lenses. That is no guarantee though. The lenses are easily changed and my lamps appear to have been repainted.

Some roads also used lamps with different colors to comply with the rules of other roads that they operated over.

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Posted by jeffhergert on Monday, April 4, 2022 8:56 PM

I have a C&NW rule book effective December 1929.  Red and Green are the colors to be displayed by marker lamps.

Jeff

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