Lisle-
Huh?
If you have photos of CB&Q E Units
without headlights in the nose door I sure would like to see
them!!!
The only E units that ran on the Q that did
not have them from the factory were 1) the EMC E2 demonstrator
that ran on the East End and ended up on the KCS as an E3?? 2)
the E5B units.
While the EMC styling art for the E5 with
painted shovelnose windows instead of stripes did not have
nose headlight, all the builders photos I???ve seen of E5As do.??
If you are talking about the conversion of
headlights and MARS lights to dual sealed beam bulbs from
single incandescent bulbs that is another discussion yet to be
researched for both E and F Units!!
Charlie
??
From: CBQ@groups.io
<CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of Lyle Dowell
Sent: Friday, September 6, 2019 5:30 PM
To: CBQ@groups.io
Subject: [CBQ] Dual Headlight conversions on the E5s
??
I'm curious if there was a particular event
or time that triggered the conversion of the E5s to having
dual headlights??? I've reviewed the E5 Bulletin, and find no
information on this. I've wondered if the units were converted
when they went from black to red markings. In the bulletin,
and I've not recently reviewed any other sources for this
idea, all of the photos of units that have black stripes are
single lights, the red units are dual. That's true in all of
the color shots, and in the black and white one where the
color can be deduced that holds true as well. The only
exception is the 9911. It's safe to say it kept it's dual
lighting when it was painted in to the black scheme at IRM.
One logical reason for the conversion might be to get a more
uniform appearance relative to the E7s and E8s. However I
wonder if something like an ICC regulation might have made it
necessary to make the conversion. Maybe it became necessary to
add emergency lighting, or CBQ chose to do it and felt adding
the dual lighting was a convenient thing to do? It might have
been a technology improvement that gave stronger/better
lighting. In any case, it would seem to coincide with or at
least near the red conversion.
Thx for any thoughts, information
Lyle Dowell