Can anyone tell me what the cube-sized box is on the hood of some AC&Y Alco S2 switchers? It is mounted in the center of the cab forward windows. I am trying to detail an S2 for a friend.
Thanks in advance,
RicZ
Ric,
Is there any way to post a photo of it? Wait! I think I may have found one on the Fallen Flags website: (Click photo to enlarge)
Is that what you are talking about?
Tom
Details are sure hard to find and my one connection to the AC&Y passed away a few years ago.
My only “stab-in-the-dark” guess is that there could be some relationship to radio equipment in there? Seems like the photos I’ve found of the S2s that have the box also have a Sinclair antenna as well.
Just a guess [*-)]
Good Luck, Ed
Yes. I just don’t know what it is.
The New Haven also had at least one Alco S type switcher with a box in the same position as the AC&Y unit pictured. It was for radio equipment which is most likely the case here.
Maybe this ??