Re: [CBQ] Re: Unusual Winged Headlight

["Hol Wagner holpennywagner@msn.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

If you look at the photos of the so-called mars headlight, its builder's plate clearly shows it to be of General Electric manufacture -- and it is indeed the type used on many electric locomotives.  The four-light insert, either oscillating or more likely sequentially flashing, is of mars manufacture, however.  So it's a GE headlight with a Mars insert added at some later date.

Hol

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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 3:14 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Unusual Winged Headlight

 

 

December 14, 2015

 

Doug - Very surprising! I had always thought that MARS only manufactured gyrating locomotive headlights, not the style that your link shows. Looking at the link and comparing against the image of 1710, the headlights definitely look similar if not the same. Since MARS was located in Chicago, it could be that the Q was testing a set of them on 1710 to compare against their own cuckoo clock style and Pyle National winged headlights. Any other comments from the headlight experts in this Group? Merry Christmas - Louis

 

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL 

 

In a message dated 12/14/2015 2:43:43 P.M. Central Standard Time, CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:

Louis at first I thought the photo showed what might be a Pyle National with angled number boards. But a Pyle headlight has a little more depth. Could it be one of these? http://www.discoverlivesteam.com/discoverforsale/forsale/5_Black/index.htm Claims this is a Mars headlight.

For Sale: Mars Locomotive Headlight - Discover Live Steam www.discoverlivesteam.com Mars locomotive headlight. Great Condition, early 1950s, looks to be all there. Size is 52" wide by 23" tall. A neat addition to your collection.

 

Doug Harding

www.iowacentralrr.org

 

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