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RE: (erielack) Lackawanna / EL red "bullseye" lights, and other oddities



> But, I am now looking at a photo of a Lackawanna MU high 
> trailer car at the Gladstone station.  The roof-mounted red 
> bullseye light below the headlight is illuminated, along with 
> the usual red marker lights.  Was the bullseye light on the 
> MUs just used as a third marker light at the rear of the train?

Third marker light (and much brighter than the ones on the sides of it!)

 
> Also, never got a definitive answer on the red light in the 
> nose of the U34CHs.  Marker light, emergency light, or other?

Most definitely a marker light! It would illuminate along with the two
smaller lights on the nose when the unit was in "push" mode...

	- Paul

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