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Re: (erielack) E-L xDLW E8 question
Tom Schmieder wrote:
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> On the contrary, the lower light held a horizontal pair of sealed beam
> headlamps, the upper was a white oscillating light over the red
> emergency light. Or at least that is what it was in DL&W days.
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> Tom Schmieder
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Tom your primarily correct However both white and RED bulbs were
attached to a "Gyralite" Mechanism that made a cirleing occilation
whereas a Mars light
makes a rotating axis figure8 ocilation the 801-805a units had Mars lights
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> From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com>
> Reply-To: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com>
> To: <gcalco_@_aol.com>, <erielack@lists.elhts.org>
> Subject: RE: (erielack) E-L xDLW E8 question
> Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 08:42:28 -0600
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>> > Did E-L retain the door mounted headlights on the xDLW E8
>> > units? Was one a oscillating Mars light?
>> > TIA
>> > Jerry Custer
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>> EL retained the door-mounted headlights on the ex-EL E8s (809-819),
>> unless there was a wreck. Two of them (815, 816) were involved in wrecks
>> and were rebuilt without the lower headlight.
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>> The lower headlight contained two bulbs - one was a red
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> "emergency
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>> braking" light, and the other one was an oscillating Mars light, if
>> memory serves me. The top headlight was fixed.
>>
>> - Paul
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