As an aside, those "Golden Glow" reflectors use uranium glass. Radium glass at a concentration that would show any color would be... unadvisable. (And about eight-figure expensive in the '20s!)
Thank You.
Didn't some of Western Pacific's early Geeps use those garbage-can headlights?
Some interesting sealed-beam conversions were tried. NYC and B&O used what I recall was a Pyle conversion that attached on the front of a headlight, replacing the glass and frame -- this defines some of the familiar look of a Niagara. PRR put vertical sealed beams behind glass on quite a few GG1s. I have seen ONE picture of a T1 converted to two sealed beams (vertically arranged) -- in Indiana in 1948. (Didn't the Australian T1-tribute 4-8-4s wind up with horizontal pairs of sealed beams?)
At least one Southern railroad -- I think ACL -- put SEVEN sealed-beam units in one headlight housing... which as I recall had glass in front, perhaps not for too long. I suspect this did not last any longer than UP and C&NW's vertical 'spotlight' headlights (another fascinating idea).
SD70DudeI've replaced a few headlight bulbs and many marker light bulbs over the years (CN still puts red lights on DP capable units), but I wouldn't dream of trying that while we're moving.
Trivia: For those familiar with the animated movie "Polar Express," the headlight bulb changing scene was relatively authentic (aside from being done on a moving train, etc).
The train sounds for the movie were recorded using PM 1225 at Owosso. After the sound crew had left, it apparently occurred to someone at the production company that they should know how the bulb was changed in the headlight. They requested that SRI (Steam Railroading Institute) video the process, which SRI did. And you've seen the result.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
The ditchlights on modern units also get pretty scummy after trailing for a while, they get covered in dirt and track grease that gets thrown up by the wheels. The "Grime-Free" hand cleaner packets we get are pretty good at dissolving this stuff, and then you can easily wipe it off with some paper towels.
I've replaced a few headlight bulbs and many marker light bulbs over the years (CN still puts red lights on DP capable units), but I wouldn't dream of trying that while we're moving.
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NDGNote CP 8547 in Photo. This order had Sealed Beam Headlights within a Large Circular Glass-Face opening.
I believe this was a retrofit than many railroads used, replacing the large, single lamp reflector.
Perhaps those pieces of sheet metal were already cut.
Alberta Prairie did the same thing with the tank car they used as an auxiliary tender for their ex-Frisco and Mississippian 2-8-0. The tank car is now used as a stationary storage tank at the south end of their run (Big Valley, AB) and the headlight is back in its original location on 41's tender.
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/tourist/alberta_prairie.htm
Aha! I've been looking at that first picture for three days, and all I could come up with was that that car has endured a mighty rough life, and that I felt very nervous for the safety of that brakeman, but I couldn't find anything wrong. Then it hit me. The knuckle on the coupler seems to be on the wrong side. The clincher was the brakeman's shirt. Unless he's wearing a woman's blouse, the buttons are on the wrong side. The picture was printed backwards.
Edit: I just realized that the brakeman is wearing overalls, but the convention for buttons should still apply.
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
I would suspect that the shot was posed and no one put two and two together. Or they didn't want the cord to block his face.
In the series "Emergency" there is a shot in which Captain Stanley is famously talking at the back of the radio mic. I think it was a "stock shot," so it showed up in several episodes.
Correct.
The Telephone Receiver is being held Reversed.
Darkened Wards with rows of Iron Lungs were a chilling sight in Hospitals back in our day.
2nd picture:
Is she holding the phone backward? The cord is usually attached to the mouthpiece end of the handset which seems to be against his ear.
Brings back memories of the sad scenes on TV back in the fifties of rows of kids in iron lungs.
Overmod... #2. It is a sad day when the only communication device the young victim has is a coin telephone. Even if he could vocalize 'reverse the charges' I don't see how he gets the coins in there in the first place.
#2. It is a sad day when the only communication device the young victim has is a coin telephone. Even if he could vocalize 'reverse the charges' I don't see how he gets the coins in there in the first place.
Since he can't individually handle the hand set of the phone - the caregiver that is holding the phone would also be the one to handle the change and the dialing action. One could only hope that the caregiver would be in earshot of the ringing from a incoming call.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
#1: I sure wouldn't want the be riding whatever shove move bowed the end platform and whacked those steps in like that! Hard to believe that was legal, even for proprietary mine railroads.
#2. It is a sad day when the only communication device the young victim has is a coin telephone. Even if he could vocalize 'reverse the charges' I don't see how he gets the coins in there in the first place. And the gritted look on his face may be trying to hear while the microphone on the handset is pressed to his ear with the speaker up in the air...
NDG When extra Locomotive Braking is required when moving heavy cuts as in Yards, a 'Dead' locomotive can be used for it's air braking ability alone.
CN still does this, the SD40s and other six axle units that have been 'demoted' to yard and hump service are not set up to supply power to slugs, but at Mac and Symington they are commonly paired with slugs.
https://www.traingeek.ca/wp/a-visit-to-the-hump/
BaltACD NDG CN 9344, CP Ogden Shops 1967. In 1967 CP 4054 hit a Rock on Nelson Sub, demolishing former. http://cranbrookhistory.com/image_view.php?ID=33225 http://cranbrookhistory.com/image_view.php?ID=33224 ...
NDG CN 9344, CP Ogden Shops 1967. In 1967 CP 4054 hit a Rock on Nelson Sub, demolishing former. http://cranbrookhistory.com/image_view.php?ID=33225 http://cranbrookhistory.com/image_view.php?ID=33224 ...
That would be Rock with a capital R...
The rock was the hard place.
FYI. The short stack ahead of Bell on CP 8166 is Exhaust Stack
for oil-fired Watchman Heater which keeps Diesel warm when
shut down in Cold Weather.
CP 4055 ALSO Received a STW Crest after it derailed destroying Station Greenwood.B C.
Now we only need the Montrealer, the Winnipeger and the Atlantic to complete the set!
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