[PRCo] Re: The 4250 picture --question

[Schneider Fred]

Bob:

I cannot see two lenses on the right end of the car.

There is only a headlight lens down on the dasher.

Are you perhaps mistaking the trolley rope catcher mounted up on the  
window post for the other lens?

Fred


On Jan 3, 2009, at 12:14 PM, ROBERT R ROCKWELL wrote:

> You can see two of the lenses on the right end of the 4250 pix.  
> They appear
> less obvious than the ones on West Penn cars.
>
> I saw an HO gauge caboose marker advertised that might fit nicely,  
> but,
> simple switch lantern red/green would be the wrong combination. I  
> need to
> inquire about the advertised marker's colors and  arrangement.
>
>
> Robert Rockwell
> w3syt1 at msn.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Schneider Fred" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 4:18 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: The 4250 picture --question
>
>
>> Where is it?   I have never see it on those Pittsburgh 4200s.
>>
>> West Penn used red and green.   I forget which color was displayed
>> right and left but the motorman knew ... you knew if you were about
>> to have a head-on collision or were following a car by which color
>> was in which position.
>>
>> On Jan 2, 2009, at 3:47 PM, ROBERT R ROCKWELL wrote:
>>
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/8w9k38
>>>>
>>> These old cars like the WP cars have switch lantern type rotating
>>> marker/taillights. How were the 4 lenses arranged ? Colors ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Robert Rockwell
>>> w3syt1 at msn.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>