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Louis:
Good point. I know the Q manufactured the early ones themselves, as I have seen correspondence relating to it -- though no mention of where the work was done. Possibly after the Q settled on the design they contracted with a headlight manufacturer to produce
them for the railroad, and that is why nothing has been found relating to where the Q made them. It would be nice to see a detailed specification for one of the locomotives delivered with the cuckoo clock light, as that would definitively state its source.
I have an S-2 specification somewhere, but I believe they came with an earlier headlight. I'll try to find it, though.
On a related note, the C&S adopted a quite similar design for its standard in 1906 (see attached drawing), before it was owned by the Q, and produced these oil lamps in company shops in Denver using commercially manufactured burners. They were never widely
used, however, and apparently were abandoned when electric lights were mandated in Colorado in 1912. Also attached is a drawing for the locomotive number in red on the headlight glass and a shot of a locomotive with the headlight. Aside from being flat on
top, this design is remarkably similar to the Q cuckoo clock.
Hol
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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
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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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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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