Locomotive Headlight

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Larry:  Yes, the 14" Pyle Nationals used by the N&W DID have the unwired
socket on the right side next to the wing and the number board.  My 2080
light has this as does a broken frame that I have that is supposed to be
from an A.  This only works with the headlamps with the side numbers and
wings and/or number covers.

 

If the S-1 is using the 'un-numbered'  14" P-N type ( tender back up
'style')  without the number boards or wings on the side, an extra socket
could be fitted in , but barely.  The height adjustment mechanism and
forward socket take up a lot of room. The one I had did not have an extra
socket, but I do not know the origins of it.  The tender type has a
shallower design that the winged or number board type; the reflectors, for
instance are not interchangeable.  That's why I sold it to John B. at
Columbus in April.  I couldn't use the un-cracked reflector to replace the
cracked one in the 2080 headdlamp.  

 

Also note that there has to be a powered bulb in the back to light the
number boards.  This is usually mounted on the back wall of the frame
casting.  I figure that the two bulbs were interchangeable- same size and
wattage rating- at any rate.  The P-N catalog is not clear about the
similarity or difference in the bulbs.   Even if the number board
illuminator bulb has lower wattage rating, it could still be the 'get home'
light if the loco slows down.

 

Gary Rolih

Cincinnati.

 

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Thanks for the replys on the Headlight. The reason I ask was I have noticed
on my headlights and 

several others that the N&W installed a extra light bulb socket (not wired)
in the light behind

the right hand number board. I could not figure this out but my thinking is
it must have been for

a spare bulb. Must have been an N&W thing because none of the C&O headlights
or other roads

that I have seen have one nor do all the N&W lights.

 

Thanks

Larry

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