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Broadway Limited HO New York Central Niagara 4-8-4 steam locomotive is great for the Great Steel Fleet
All the Niagara prototype photos I’ve seen have dual headlamps aligned vertically inside the headlamp housing. The Broadway headlamp only has a single bulb. It is possible to create a baffle with two holes drilled in it to simulate the dual lamp setup on the prototype, but the Broadway model has a very marginal candlepower headlamp output. Mounting a baffle in front of the weak bulb may not be advisable, at least not without replacing the LED with a more powerful unit.
I have an original photo of a S-2a niagara with the single lamp headlight. The locomotives number is 5500. Photo was by a fellow by the name of C.W.Jernstrom. The BLI loco is a nice looking locomotive.