Just out of curiosity, what is the purpose of sothern pacific’s red oscilating headlight. did they turn it on when the locomotive was in reverse?[:)][%-)]
No, They came on when the train went into emergency brakeing as a warning to oncomeing trains that there is a posibility of derailed cars fouling the track.
Thanks. hey do you like my new signiture?
I don’t know. What is KBC?
Red oscillating headlights!! This sounds interesting[:D]!! Did the SP use these all the way until the UP merger, or did they get phased out like their Mars counterparts?
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They got phased out at the same time. I miss the old full lighting packages the SP had.
This was just one reason. And, the Emergency Red came on for any rapid braking application no matter the source of the application.
The Red Oscillating light was also used as a marker for light engines and engines behind the caboose. There was a position on the light control switch for Red Osc and Red Steady as well as White Osc and White Steady.
Like everything else, the control changed over the years. Finally, all that was left was the Positive Reset button if the Red didn’t go out when the air came back up. And as for the removal of the lights, they were removed TWICE and replaced (reinstalled) once.
Only engines equipped for road service had any extra lighting.
The KBC is my freelanced model railroad’s reporting marks. It stands for Kramerton Boise central And did the SP’s change in paint schemes (black widow to bloody nose)have to do with their DRGW/SP merger.
No. That change was made about 1960. Saved lots of money in painting labor. All other paint schemes (Daylight, Black Widow, etc) ended at that time for the Bloody Nose.