In an effort to model one of CB&Q's NW2's in HO using the
Kato model, and while looking at some photos of CB&Q NW2's
the other day, and came across this photo of NW2 9207 from
Jerry Appleman's website of it switching the elevator at
Sugar Grove, Illinois.
http://www.jerryapp.com/arcv3a/ja-r285.jpg
Note that above the headlight, there is a wire bracket
attached to the top of the headlight/numberboard assembly.
While the above photo it is hard to see, in the one below
you can see that there are small wires coming out of the
back of this bracket, running back over the radiator grills
on the top of the hood. (Apologies for the green paint
job.)
HTTP://ARCHIVE.TRAINPIX.COM/BN/EMDORIG/NW2/504.HTM
Now I noticed that in the locomotive assignment sheet for
Jan-Feb-Mar of 1970 in the front of Mike Spoor's book
"Chicago Burlington & Quincy In Color, Vol. 2" that the 9207
is shown to have a radio. Neither of these two photos above
shows either a "wagon wheel" antenna that adorned many of
the Q's switchers, or the "firecracker" variety that was
found on others. Is this bracket and wires on the hood top
of 9207 actually the radio antenna. If you look carefully
at the second photo above, right above the corner of the
hood, you can see an antenna cable going through the front
of cab wall just below the window, probably about 2-4 inches
from the front cab door, which seems to be the normal way
that the Q routed the cable on most of it's switchers.
There is a broadside shot taken of the 9207 in 1960 in
Oregon in Mike Spoor's "Chicago Burlington & Quincy In
Color, Vol. 1" located on the bottom of page 53, but because
of the background of the trees, it's hard to tell, but you
can see part of the wire I believe. There's also a photo of
the 9205 taken in Aurora in 1957 on page 46 of the same book
that shows a similar bracket on the top of the headlight.
Seeing as this "motor" seems to have spent quite a bit of
time in the Aurora and Chicago area, and given the fact that
we have some people that may have worked this engine back
then on the list, I thought that I'd send the question to
the list, to see if there is an answer. I suppose that if
anyone on the list may have an overhead photograph of either
the 9205 or the 9207 that would also answer any questions
regarding if this is actually a radio antenna or not.
Thanks in advance,
Ed Pavlovic
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