NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 21, Issue 18

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nw-mailing-list-request at nwhs.org wrote:Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 07:14:16 -0400
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Subject: Re: J - Class Headlights
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I was told at the time the original headlight was still acceptable  
under FRA, but the reason for the change was to simplify the  
availability of replacement bulbs, one less specialty item to carry  
around with them. It was a simple job to replace the inside casing  
with a diesel type fixture.

The 611 was the only J equipped with a dual twin-sealed beam  
headlight, and that was only after the rebuild to excursion service  
in 1982.

Ken Miller

      Ken is exactly right; for the time period Class J #611 was  put back in service the original headlight would have been approved but NS used  the twin seal beam, as it was more cost effective. A comparison would be UP's  844 and 3985 both of which use the original style single bulb headlight. When I  asked Steve Lee while visiting UP Cheyenne shops about this some years ago he  said FRA rules allowed the older headlight but it was also, to some degree, up  to the local inspector if he felt the original light would or wouldn’t work out.  In any event, Ken Miller is correct.
  
  Lawrence Crocker
    

       
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