RF&P E-8 question

[jimrice4449]

Just a guess. Forward facing horn plugs w/ snow, no noise. Rearward facing horn goes beep.

[emdgp92]

I'm not sure why that was done. In fact, all of the RF&P E units seem to have that arrangement, at least that's what I saw over on http://www.rr-fallenflags.com.

The ACL units have the same arrangement as well:

http://rr-fallenflags.org/acl/acl548awc.jpg
http://rr-fallenflags.org/acl/acl536awc.jpg

[ndbprr]

In the late 50's when the GG1's had a problem with some very unusual snow for Philadelphia some RF&P and ACL E units made it all the way to Philadelphia on the PRR. Pictures show the RF&P E-8's with a forward facing five tome chime on the engineers side of the cab and a forward facing single horn on the firemans side. WHY????