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RE: (erielack) DL&W FT "sky lights"

I have heard/read that the DL&W units sky-lights were Mars lights, or at least Mars-style moving
lights, which would really emphasize any visibility.  I have no source to cite, though.

SGL
> 
> The New Haven train was the Comet, built by Goodyear-Zeppelin in 1935 in Akron, Ohio (list
content?) Once delivered
> (how from Akron?  Erie/Maybrook/New Haven?) it made a run from New Haven to Boston, doing 157
miles in 143
> minutes and reaching a speed of over 110 mph.  An articulated train designed for the
Boston-Providence run, it consisted
> of a power/coach unit at each end with a coach in the middle.  Can we imagine such a device
running between Hoboken
> and Scranton seversal times a day?
> 
> The "sky light" also appeared on at least UP M10,000, if not several later siblings.  Its
visibility would depend on the
> presence of some atmospheric condition which would offer a medium for the light to be seen. In
other words -- fog or
> clouds or ?
> 
> Randy Brown
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Hi folks,
> 
>     On my flight out to San Francisco, I was reading an article about a mini-streamliner built for
the New Haven by the
> Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp. (seriously!) called "The Comet." While I won't bore you with details of
this train, one thing
> stuck out to me - it had a safety feature where it had a strong beacon light atop the cab that
shined straight up into the
> sky. The assumption was that people driving towards a railroad crossing would see this beam of
light approaching them
> at night and know they had to stop.
> 
>     Now, I remembered reading about this many moons ago, but didn't the DL&W have one or two FT's
with a similar
> beacon light installed atop their roofs? I even remember seeing an overhead photo of one that
shows the bolt holes where
> the beacon was once installed? (apparently they were pretty short-lived).
> 
>     Does anyone else have details about why they were installed (I assume the same as the
aforementioned Comet), or
> whose idea it was? Better yet, are there any photos that show the beacon in action? (yeah,
doubtful, but it never hurts to
> ask :)  It would certainly make for an interesting model, too!
> 
>     - Paul





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