Helix humpers for Bowser locomotives

[NW Modeling List]

Larry

Have you looked at the Archives?

Here is the link direct to the RS-3 data:

https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/listdocs/select.php?index=rs&id=128


And here is a long end image shortly after delivery

https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=244359

Best
Ken Miller



> On Jan 29, 2025, at 11:10 AM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> I am looking for information related to the original RS3's that were delivered to the N&W in 1955.  Specifically my question is related to the grab irons on the end of the long and short hoods.  Did the original locomotives have these grab irons?  I have 2 Bowser RS3's that I have disassembled and stripped ready for the black paint.  Before I paint them I am looking to see if they were delivered with those grab irons.  Thank you in advance for your help.
> 
> Larry Brown 
> 
> On Sat, Jan 25, 2025, 5:28 PM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> Anyone have a humper you didn’t use?  
> 
> 
> Mark Lindsey
> Y3a at earthlink.net
> 571-352-6358(cell)
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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