Big Pyle of Santa Fe

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Big Pyle of Santa Fe

Unread postby JerryC » Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:21 pm

Curious. What was the Red lens on the Santa Fe pyle lights for?

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Re: Big Pyle of Santa Fe

Unread postby _o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha » Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:23 pm

JerryC wrote:Curious. What was the Red lens on the Santa Fe pyle lights for?

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The red light comes on when the train is in emergency.
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Re: Big Pyle of Santa Fe

Unread postby JerryC » Wed Nov 04, 2015 5:25 pm

Sooo, it is not a part of the Pyle light, does not rotate so that the reflectors flash the light around?
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Re: Big Pyle of Santa Fe

Unread postby AlcoFan » Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:50 pm

JerryC wrote:Sooo, it is not a part of the Pyle light, does not rotate so that the reflectors flash the light around?

It oscillates like the white lense.
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Re: Big Pyle of Santa Fe

Unread postby Bananarama » Wed Nov 04, 2015 9:19 pm

JerryC wrote:Sooo, it is not a part of the Pyle light, does not rotate so that the reflectors flash the light around?

A few other locomotives of the time received Oscitrol lights that had crossed opposing beams and pulsed, but contained no moving parts. Most U30-Cs had the traditional Pyle Gyralight, and I believe UP and a few others used Mars lights, but all moved.
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