First off, I thought the red bulb on the upper headlight was an emergency light that only came on if the train brakes were put into an "emergency" application, and it wasn't used at any other time? Second of all, how well did the oscillating light work. Was it even used at the end, or was it simply fixed? - Paul > The Erie way to fix the oscillating upper head light was to > not buy it in the first place. > > Randy Brown > -------------------------------------------------------------- > I think the upper headlight in the E oscillated. There was > also a red lens that could be moved across the beam, if > necessary. The Erie way to fix this if it malfunction would > be to take it out of service. It's interesting to note > though, that most of the DL&W E's made it to the end with the > oscillating headlight. I wounder if it was ever used in > freight service. > > Ed Montgomery The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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