Re: [CBQ] Cuckoo clock [1 Attachment]

["LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

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November 1, 2015

 

Hol and Group - I've been side tracked the past several days and only now this Sunday evening I'm beginning to catch-up with Emails in chronological order. Hol, you state "Q-manufactured" for the headlight on No. 3103. Question, please note the attached Baldwin Locomotive magazine ad titled Burlington Pacifics dating from October 1918. Enlarging the image of Q 4-6-2 No. 2969. its headlight appears to be the same type as on No. 3103. Could this style of headlight instead have been a Baldwin Locomotive Works supplied headlight and not manufactured by the Q at Aurora or elsewhere? I would have to assume that the image shown is an official Baldwin builder's photograph taken in Philadephia, PA. Seems unlikely that the Q would've been manufacturing this style of headlight and then shipping them to Baldwin for installing on new locomotives. What do you think? Comments appreciated. Best Regards - Louis

 

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL    

 

In a message dated 10/27/2015 7:31:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time, CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:

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Jonathan:

The other Q-manufactured headlight is shown in the attached view of D-4-A 3103 at Galesburg in 1925.  This one was a bit more complicated to produce, as the large diameter arc of the top had to be a separate piece, sealed where it met the sides.  The arc of the top can be clearly seen on the tender backup light in this view.  This lamp had no side number boards, instead employing a V-shaped pair of number boards located above the front glass.  Early versions of this headlight burned kerosene and had a capped conical vent centered on top.  This headlight was nearly as widely used as the cuckoo clock for about 20 years, then dropped from use rather suddenly.

Hol

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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of jonathanharris@earthlink.net [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 10:39 AM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Cuckoo clock

 

 

Thank you, as always, Hol!

What was the also-ran, the headlight design which coexisted with but eventually lost out to the cuckoo clock?

Jonathan

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