As further info. The turning of marker lamps applied in non CTC territory.
Leo Phillipp
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> On Mar 27, 2014, at 9:06 AM, "sartherdj@aol.com" <sartherdj@aol.com> wrote:
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> John,
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> Yes, I understand what you explained. Interesting "rules of the road" and
> great details to store away for a final Jeopardy question. Thanks for taking
> the time to give this clear explanation including the two actual operating
> situations. Sounds like the final situation was one that must have been
> observed when operating on the triple track mainline between Chicago and
> Aurora. The situation you explained about a train being in a siding also
> makes perfect sense as it would have told a crew overtaking the train on the
> siding that it was clear on the main.
>
> Later, Dave Sarther
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John D. Mitchell, Jr. <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wed, Mar 26, 2014 9:47 pm
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Waycar Marker Lamps
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> 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.
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> On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 11:06 PM, "sartherdj@aol.com"
> <sartherdj@aol.com> wrote:
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> Hol.
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> 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.
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> 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
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> Dave:
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> 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
>
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> 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.
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> Later, Dave Sarther Tucson, AZ
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