This broadside view of C&S 802 at Pacific Junction about 1942 shows cuckoo clock headlights front and rear (with the electrical conduit for the backup light running along the side of the coal bunker. The cylinder of the coal pusher is also visible at the rear of the coal bunker. And note the small switcher-size locomotive numbers on the cab side. The small 57" drivers (the same size as on most C&S 2-8-0s) ideally suited the E-4As to switching service. The crew -- engineer, fireman and switchman -- posed for the photographer in this July 24, 1946, view of the 802 at St. Paul, Minn. Larger road engine numbers have replaced the small ones on the cab, and the tender coal capacity has been further increased, with the electrical conduit moved down to the bottom of the compartment where it is less noticeable. It's a hot summer day and the rooftop cab vent door is fully open. Steaming along the namesake topographical feature of Dayton's Bluff yard in St. Paul during the late 1940s, only the addition of a headlight visor has further changed the appearance of the 802. With the exception of the 804, retired after overturning at Arvada, Colo., in 1954 after its return home, the 800s will end their days as oil-burners on the C&S Northern and Wyoming divisions.
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Posted by: Hol Wagner <holpennywagner@msn.com>
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C&S 802, Pacific Jct., Iowa, c. 1942. B.G. Corbin photo.jpg
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C&S 802, St. Paul, Minn., 7-24-1946, Hol Wagner coll..jpg
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