I can't give you a part number but Details West makes a cast metal
Mars light. I THINK Detail Associates makes a plastic one.
Terry
--- In BRHSlist@y..., "Sauer, John" <jsauer@e...> wrote:
>
> I am thinking of converting a Proto 2000 USRA 0-8-0 into a
Northwestern
> Steel & Wire switch engine (ex GTW P-5 class). The cabs are a
little
> different but it will be close enough. These guys took over for
the ex CB&Q
> 0-6-0's that NSW was using in 1960, and some of the 0-8-0's had old
Q Mars
> lights mounted on them, taken from scrapped Q locos. I think the
NSW
> thought it would make these switchers more visible (I had the
wonderful
> chance to see them and photograph them back in 1970 - they kept
running
> until around 1980).
>
> What HO detail part would be correct to model the CB&Q steam loco
Mars light
> - Cal Scale or Details West or ...?
>
> Then, all I need to do is find a Proto 2000 painted but unlettered
engine.
>
> Thanks.
>
> John Sauer
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