475 out of the shops at Strasburg

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>From the mid 50s to the end, the last 15 M’s all had the footboards and nine had the centered headlight.  Those with the high headlight to the end were 422, 433, 444, 449, 451 and 477.

 

The 475 was an exception since it had a centered headlight and footboards in the 1950s until it was redone in a historic image in 1956 then receiving a boiler tube pilot, high headlight, balloon stack, etc. Changing the headlight position occurred not all at once but over time; for example 382 had the high leadlight in 1955 but it was changed soon after to the centered position until retired in December 1957.

 

Bud Jeffries

 

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I remember several Ms with centered headlights in the mid 1950s including the 375, 382, 396, 405 429, 433 etc.

 

So 475 might be odd, to you, but it’s not un-authentic.  

 

- Ed King

 

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Unfortunately, they removed the top of smokebox headlight and put it in the center, removing its number plate.  They also took away its boiler tube pilot for a step pilot.  Its not the classic 475 anymore.

 

 

 

 

Mark Lindsey
Stuck in the 1930’s

 

 

 

 

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