[Attachment(s) from LZadnichek@aol.com included below]
March 28, 2016
Group - Some time ago, there were a series of
posts covering the different kinds of headlights used by the Q and C&S.
Generally speaking with the Q, it appears that as the winged Pyle
National headlights replaced the cuckoo clock style lights on locomotives, the
cuckoo clock lights either stayed on or were recycled to the tenders for use
as back-up lights. We've all seen many images of post-Depression Q steam
power with Pyle National headlights and cuckoo clock back-up lights.
The cuckoo clock back-up lights seemed to
stay in use until they rusted out and were no longer serviceable, then
Pyle National lights replaced them, too. That being said, I was pleasantly
surprised when I came across the two following undated images taken of
Class O-1-A No. 5130 equipped with a Pyle National headlight
and an old style box back-up light that predates the cuckoo clock light. Both
images were together, so I will have to assume they were taken by the same
photographer in the same time period:
Neither image is identified as to location,
but 5130 spent many years on Lines West, so may be the upper image with the
huge grain elevators in the background was taken at either Council Bluffs
or Omaha. Can anyone in the Group better identify these two old images?
I've attached both images, too, for those who have trouble seeing inserted
images. Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
