Re: [CBQ] Re: The Use of Class Lights on GP 7's and 9's

["archie hayden klinerarch@charter.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

Leo,  Didn't the GP 7s and 9s have built in class lights with an internal lever to change the colors?  Seems to me they did or some other diesels shortly after.  Archie

On Jun 9, 2015, at 2:40 PM, qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ] wrote:

 

Yes it was somewhat routine to operate with only one marker light. They sometimes would literally bounce off the hangers and also disappear for other reasons. Especially after the paddles started replacing markers.

My consolidated code is in a box,so allow me a little slack on this,but I believe the verbage was something like" in the absence of two lights one will be considered the same as two,or something to that effect.

Leo

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On Jun 9, 2015, at 2:31 PM, 'sartherdj@aol.com' sartherdj@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Mr. Forst,

 

Thanks for sharing that recollection.  Interesting stuff.  Any photos you can share???

 

Later,  Dave Sarther

 

 

 

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From: reforst@comcast.net [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Jun 9, 2015 12:22 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: The Use of Class Lights on GP 7's and 9's

 

To add one more interesting observation, in the later 1960's (pre-BN) on the Chicago to Aurora section I saw DZ go out of Union Station in four (4) sections at Christmas time.  Yes, they had the class lites on.  Interestingly, the Q ran out of marker lamps and for all the following sections they used only "one" marker light, on the fireman's side.  Was this common?

R. Forst (formerly from Brookfield, IL)

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