Railroad Lanterns

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Tue May 20 16:39:21 EDT 2008


Ken,

I've seen them at the Gaithersburg, MD Railroadiana show. I think it was
industry wide. An old car knocker I worked with told me about them. If my
recollections are correct I think they were split horizontally, with the
green on the bottom.

Walt


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> Fascinating, Walt! I'd never heard of this before. Do you know if it was

> industry-wide, or specific to SCL? Also, was the lens split vertically,

> horizontally, or diagonally, or were there perhaps two separate lenses?

>

> Kenneth Rickman

>

> NW Mailing List wrote:

>> The passenger conductor had a lantern with a split green and clear glass

>> to differentiate his signals from anyone else, so that his signal was the

>> only one the engineer would take.

>>

>> Walt

>> ex-SCL car knocker

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