Excellent observation, Dave! The photo that Dave is specifically referring to is: http://gelwood.railfan.net/loco/el2408g.jpg Looking through my collection, I'm now looking at a photo of 2404 brand-new. Never noticed this before, but it has a PAIR OF SINGLE CHIME LESLIE HORNS situated atop the fireman's side of the cab. They're back-to-back, but separate horns. It almost seems as if the two horns were moved so that their sound faced *AWAY* from the cab. Maybe this was a way EL did noise abatement for its crews? In the position that the 2408 (in the above photo) has its horns, the noise in the cab would probably be minimal. That's weird, though. When you think about it, all the later units (SD45/SDP45/SD45-2) also had the bracket that pushed the "output end" of the horns beyond the front cab face... Anyone know for sure? - Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: David Monte Verde [mailto:"tequila_@_frontiernet.net"] > Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 10:24 AM > To: EL DIGEST > Subject: (erielack) New Material - 22-28 Aug > > > There are two photos on the attached list of 2408 &2402 > with single > Leslie' s facing each direction, like F's , GP7's, etc. used > to have. > Is there a reason for this? Or were the delivered like this > as the first > new EL power? Regards David J. Monte Verde > > http://www.dnaco.net/~gelwood/new-22-28aug.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Visit the erielack photopage at http://el-list.railfan.net > ------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the erielack photopage at http://el-list.railfan.net ------------------------------
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