N&W Class lights

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Thanks Rick. I never considered that they just used colored light bulbs.
Much more simple than a mechanism to move a colored lens.

Mike Rector

On Mon, Sep 25, 2023, 6:36 AM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> These particular class lights had three lamp sockets in them. One had the
> standard mazda screw base like your average light bulb, that was the clear
> light. Then on either side of that socket was two smaller sockets with
> green bulbs. The were bayonet base and the size of the older automobile
> brake lamp bulbs.
>
> These class lights found on the J and K2a class as well as the Jawn Henry
> were Shop made at the Roanoke Locomotive Shops.
>
> Rick Rader
> Roanoke, Va.
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> Date: 9/24/23 9:30 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> Subject: RE: N&W Class lights
>
> Like the normal class lights, there should be a lever that when flipped
> brings a green lens in front of the bulb.
>
> Jimmy Lisle
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> -------- Original message --------
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> Date: 9/24/23 8:34 PM (GMT-05:00)
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> Subject: N&W Class lights
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> How do the class J (and K2/a?) classification light lenses work?  Are
> there color filters inside? Did they have/need green lights?
> It looks like maybe the lamp could swing forward 90 degrees to show green,
> if that vertical chrome piece I see between the mount and the lamp face is
> a hinge?
> [image: image.png]
>
> Mike Rector
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