Re: [cpsig] Re: Roof Mounted Mars Lights on CP FP7,s and CP FP9's
- From: Larry Sebelley <sebelley@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:44:35 -0800 (PST)
Thanks for that information, Doug.
The discussion several months ago surrounded the purpose and use of the
roof-mounted light. Was it merely an "advertising" gimick to call attention to
the train. If so, when did the engineer light it up? Was it a functional light
to assist the engineer to take note of danger situations? If so, when did the
engineer light it up?
Bob Grace of Kamloops was going to ask his uncle in Revelstoke (a retired
engineer) these questions. I don't know if Bob ever had a chance to do so.
Our goal is, of course, to reflect prototypical practices in miniature.
Regards.
L.A. (Larry) Sebelley
Convention Chair, Pacific Northwest Region
Assistant Treasurer, Pacific Northwest Region
Treasurer, PNR 7th Division
Treasurer, Coldslap Free-mo
(604) 858-5717
www.members.shaw.ca/coldslap/welcome.htm
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From: Doug Cummings <DougCummings@xxxxxxx>
To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 1:12:58 PM
Subject: RE: [cpsig] Re: Roof Mounted Mars Lights on CP FP7,s and CP FP9's
If you ever saw one in real life you would know that the beam of light was
very intense and very defined, but it oscillated in a figure 8. The photo
may have been taken without any doctoring later if there was enough light to
illuminate the scene such that a long time exposure was not required. If you
were track side and saw a train coming with one of these lights you could
very clearly see the path the light was making in the sky. It was not a very
broad beam light such as a normal headlight which was intended to illumate a
fairly large and broad area.
Doug
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