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Jim

Did N&W go to electrified rear markers? I've never truly seen an example of one that was electrified, now the classification lamps on the older locomotives, were simply electrified Armspears, with clear lens and a green flip down lens inside. But I've never seen any of the Armspear lamps that appear to have been electrified by the railroad, and since they still used the lamps on cabooses or end of train, it would have been odd to had sets of lamps strictly for passenger equipment equipped for electrified lamps. I know the markers were no longer required after the early 1960s.

I don't know if lamps were simply assigned to a cab, a conductor, or if there were shelves of them in the crew locker rooms to be picked up as needed.

Never thought to ask my Father on that one.

Ken Miller


On Feb 19, 2016, at 3:46 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

> All cars had brackets high on the end corners for the markers, so that any car could be the end of the train. The marker lamps were generally kerosene fired, but in the late 40's there were some that were electrical. Cars for the  1949 Powhatan Arrow had a socket on the side of the car near the bracket, where a cable from the marker could be plugged in. This may have been true with the other lightweight cars, but I remember seeing this feature on the 1949 cars from Pullman Standard.
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> Jim Nichols
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> On Friday, February 19, 2016 2:23 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> What type of marker lights were used on passenger cars to indicate end of train?  And, where were they located on the cars – rear, side or top?  Were all cars built to accommodate the markers or which cars were most often used in the end of train locations?  Any pictures or links would be greatly appreciated.
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> Thanks
> Walter Davis
> Modeling N&W in Youngsville, NC
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