Steam & Excursion > Fantasy front end

I'll catch hell for this, but its hottern hell anyway.
Every time I mention my Frisco OCD about RBM&N 425 and moving the headlight down to center, it brings 'em out of the woodwork.  So out of boredom today, I went ahead and did it.
I'm hiding under the desk now, bring it on.
My apologies to whoever I "borrowed" the picture from.
The devil made me do it.

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Never looked better!

Mary McPherson
Dongola, IL
Diverging Clear Productions

Yes!!!!!!   Very nice,,,,,,,,,,now if she was black?

Excellent. You got my vote!

Chris Bost
Leesport, PA

Frisco1522 Wrote:
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> I'll catch hell for this, but its hottern hell
> anyway.
> Every time I mention my Frisco OCD about RBM&N 425
> and moving the headlight down to center, it brings
> 'em out of the woodwork.  So out of boredom
> today, I went ahead and did it.
> I'm hiding under the desk now, bring it on.
> My apologies to whoever I "borrowed" the picture
> from.
> The devil made me do it.

I guess I should be honored that my pic was used...

Yep, Yep...I like it!

Cheers, Dave

bigsavage Wrote:
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> Frisco1522 Wrote:
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> > I'll catch hell for this, but its hottern hell
> > anyway.
> > Every time I mention my Frisco OCD about RBM&N
> 425
> > and moving the headlight down to center, it
> brings
> > 'em out of the woodwork.  So out of boredom
> > today, I went ahead and did it.
> > I'm hiding under the desk now, bring it on.
> > My apologies to whoever I "borrowed" the
> picture
> > from.
> > The devil made me do it.
>
> I guess I should be honored that my pic was
> used...
I hope it is OK with you.   I didn't have a nice front end view of her.  In fact your series of photos are excellent and I'll take it down if you don't approve.

HotWater Wrote:
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> Yes!!!!!!   Very nice,,,,,,,,,,now if she was
> black?
LOL, lets don't poke the bull too much Jack.   Hmmmmm.............black with Frisco doric stripes?

Head lights belong in the center of the smoke box, may a little drop centered, on standard gauge engines.   I love em there.

Off center, such as SP used, are the best. Any old non-descript steam loco has the light centered.

Looks like its smiling, now move it back.

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I guess a coonskin number plate is out of the question.............

tomstp Wrote:
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> Head lights belong in the center of the smoke box,
> may a little drop centered, on standard gauge
> engines.   I love em there.

The Pennsylvania, CB&Q and the Santa Fe would probably disagree.

HotWater Wrote:
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> Yes!!!!!!   Very nice,,,,,,,,,,now if she was black?



The Jersey Devil will eat your soul for dissing the Blue Comet.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Devil


https://www.railwayage.com/news/new-jersey-remembers-the-seashores-finest-train/


Brian

choodude Wrote:
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> HotWater Wrote:
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> > Yes!!!!!!   Very nice,,,,,,,,,,now if she was
> black?
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>
>
> The Jersey Devil will eat your soul for dissing
> the Blue Comet.

> Brian

Except that Pacific is a Light Pacific, and doesn't remotely look like the big Wooton firebox Jersey Central Pacifics of Blue Comet fame.

HotWater Wrote:
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> choodude Wrote:
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> > HotWater Wrote:
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> > > Yes!!!!!!   Very nice,,,,,,,,,,now if she
> was
> > black?
> >
> >
> >
> > The Jersey Devil will eat your soul for dissing
> > the Blue Comet.
>
> > Brian
>
> Except that Pacific is a Light Pacific, and doesn't remotely look like the big Wooton firebox Jersey Central Pacifics of Blue Comet fame.



2102 has a big Wooton style firebox. Just saying. Lol

Brian

choodude Wrote:
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> > Except that Pacific is a Light Pacific, and
> doesn't remotely look like the big Wooton firebox
> Jersey Central Pacifics of Blue Comet fame.
>
>
>
> 2102 has a big Wooton style firebox. Just saying.
> Lol
>
> Brian

What does THAT have to do with the ongoing discussion?

Frisco1522 Wrote:
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> I guess a coonskin number plate is out of the
> question.............

You should give it the Full Frisco Treatment Don, just for fun.

Cheers, Dave

When you own the railroad AND  the locomotive,
you get to paint the loco any color you like..
and run it as often as you want...
AND  get to move the headlight where you want.

Spurious, irrelevant comments are best ignored.

However, photo modifications may be intriguing, if carefully done....
as is the case here.

In the early 1990s, at the BandO Museum ( Baltimore) we experimented with moving
the C&O 614's headlight from a deck between the pilot-mounted air compressors,
to smokebox door,  centered  position..  

There may be photos of that  "Nickel Plate Northern".... LOL..


​W.
 

You mean like this Wes?

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