[CBQ] Re: Steam loco generator on EMD switcher?

["jonnyo55" <jonnyo55@hotmail.com>]

Perhaps I should have made it more clear; the hood-top generator I'm referring 
to resembles an electrical, as in turbo-generator, on a steam loco.  I suspect 
it IS to run the radio, as the locomotive in question features the "wagon 
wheel" antenna at its usual location among the radiator shutters...but why 
would the Q (presumably) use a cast-off steam loco turbogenerator for power 
when there's a rather large generator (800-1200 hp) directly below it?

John O'Connell

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "jonnyo55" <jonnyo55@...> wrote:
>
> Hello to all.  On page 191 of the MARVELOUS "Burlington Waycars" book, 
> there's an EMD switcher in the background (two, actually). At the right edge 
> of the picture, there is what appears to be a generator from a steam loco 
> mounted on the top of the hood, in front of the cab.  Is this what it is?  
> Was it there to power the radio, or what??
> 
> John O'Connell
>




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