Re: [CBQ] Re: Beacon question

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

Keith:

I've checked photos and can find no SW1s with beacons.  The two most likely candidates were 9136 and 9142, the only two SW1s to be repainted into the simplified switcher scheme of black, gray and white.  Both were repainted in 1969, and 9136 was assigned to Lincoln, where the Nebraska law would have presumably impacted it.  But both of these locomotives made it to the BN roster without beacons.

Hol

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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of 'kerhart@frontier.com' kerhart@frontier.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 6:04 PM
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Beacon question

 

 

Hol,

Thank you for responding with your helpful information.  If you find evidence of an SW1 with a beacon I would appreciate knowing.  Did the beacon rotate in a 360 degree circle or did it go on and off?  Thanks again.

Keith Erhart

On Monday, January 23, 2017 8:11 AM, "Hol Wagner holpennywagner@msn.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

1968 was the first year beacons were applied, and the Alco S2s and BLW VO1000s were all gone by then, so none of them got beacons.  It's possible that one or more Nebraska-based SW1s got them, but I haven't checked photos to make a more definite determination.

Hol

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Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2017 1:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Beacon question

 

 

Did any other type of Burlington switchers have a beacon light on the cab such as the VO-1000, SW1 or Alco S2?  Did the beacon light go on and off, or did it rotate 360 degrees? Thank you.

Keith Erhart

On Friday, January 20, 2017 12:49 PM, "Hol Wagner holpennywagner@msn.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

[Attachment(s) from Hol Wagner included below]

John:

Nebraska was the first Q state to require beacons, and that law didn't take effect until 1968.  So very few switchers ever got beacons, but I've attached an image of one.

Hol

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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of John Trulson norskeviking@msn.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 9:00 AM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CBQ] Beacon question

 

 

My cut off date in modeling the Q is 1965, and I have never seen a photo of a switcher with a beacon on the cab roof.  My question then is, did I miss something or they never had them ?

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Posted by: Hol Wagner <holpennywagner@msn.com>

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