On the Q, marker lights displayed red to the rear and green to the sides and
front, except when the train was, in the clear, in a siding then they displayed
green to the rear and sides with the red turned in toward the way car and also
except when running "against the current of traffic", then the marker away from
the other running track had red to the rear and the marker adjacent to running
track displayed green to the rear. I hope that is clear enough for you, but I
doubt it.
On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 11:06 PM, "sartherdj@aol.com" <sartherdj@aol.com>
wrote:
Hol.
Thanks for the fast reply. Now I can check off another part of the project. I
might also add that I have found some ultra small pre-wired "Pico" LED's that
slide right into the base of the Grandt Line O-Scale marker lamps(GL # 149).
The "Pico" LED's are about the size of a newly sharpened pencil tip and while
they don't cast a great deal of light like a headlight would I figure they
should be perfect for this application. More experimenting/testing tomorrow.
The new "Pico" LED's are available through Evan Designs of Brookfield, CO. (
http://www.modeltrainsoftware.com/ ;) I will add that I have no connection to
Evan Designs other than being a very satisfied return customer.
Thanks, Dave Sarther Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Hol Wagner <holpennywagner@msn.com>
To: CB&Q Group <cbq@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wed, Mar 26, 2014 8:46 pm
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Waycar Marker Lamps
Dave:
The Q used green to the sides and front.
Hol
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To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: sartherdj@aol.com
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:53:31 -0700
Subject: [CBQ] Waycar Marker Lamps
I am building an O-Scale model of a CB&Q NE-4 waycar. I have found some very
nice O-Scale Grandt Line marker lamps and lamp holders for the model. I would
like to get the correct orientation for the colored lenses of the marker lamps
at the rear of the waycar. I believe that the Q's practice was to have a red
lens protecting the rear of the train. Can anyone confirm the color of the
lenses to the sides and front? I have seen a color photo of a waycar in a
museum with a marker lamp at the rear that seems to be green to the sides. I
think some other railroads used yellow to indicate the sides of their cabooses.
So I would like to receive some confirmation of the Q's practice. Thanks in
advance for all help.
Later, Dave Sarther Tucson, AZ
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