Railroaders' Nostalgia > I've been hanging around for 60 years!

Hi! I'm a marker lamp. I've been hanging around the railroad for over 70 years. I first got started on the old Pennsy. Now there was a classy railroad! What a glorious time! Why. I brought up the rear end of some really fine trains in my youth, like the Broadway Limited, and those St. Louis trains - always did like those trips ending up crossing the big river at St. Louis. Well, as I grew older, they replaced my kind with those fancy new-fangled new electric markers, and I didn't make so many trips then. Finally, I got lucky and moved to California, where I have a part-time job decorating the rear of one of LA Rail's five car fleet of private railroad cars, TIOGA PASS. Why, I get to go all kinds of places. Yesterday, I went from Santa Barbara to San Diego, right along the Coast, then we deadheaded back to LA on a Surfliner train. I even got a chance for real good look at the beach along San Clemente. The temperature was perfect, the tide was in, and the bikinis were everywhere. I hear we're going to San Diego again Saturday. Sure would like to shed some light on the beach girls!

Handlan Marker

Norman Orfall
Helendale, CA
TIOGA PASS, a private railcar

Norman Orfall
Helendale, CA
TIOGA PASS, a private railcar

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Vandenburg AFB Feb 2 2012

Enjoyable trip!
Luke

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AMTRUK Wrote:
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> Vandenburg AFB Feb 2 2012
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> Enjoyable trip!
> Luke


What's wrong with this picture?

Red/Green - OK

Red/Yellow - OK

But, Red/Yellow/Green???

-John

Marker used as classification light?

Some lights have all the luck !!!

Ross Rowland

LarryDoyle Wrote:
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> AMTRUK Wrote:
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> > Vandenburg AFB Feb 2 2012
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> > Enjoyable trip!
> > Luke
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> What's wrong with this picture?
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> Red/Green - OK
>
> Red/Yellow - OK
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> But, Red/Yellow/Green???
>
> -John


Electrified - Boo!

Railbaron Wrote:
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> LarryDoyle Wrote:
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> > > Vandenburg AFB Feb 2 2012
> > >
> > > Enjoyable trip!
> > > Luke
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> > What's wrong with this picture?
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> > Red/Green - OK
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> > Red/Yellow - OK
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> > But, Red/Yellow/Green???
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> > -John
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> Electrified - Boo!


Would the FRA even allow a kerosene buring lamp these days?

PHall Wrote:
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> Would the FRA even allow a kerosene buring lamp
> these days?


Why wouldn't they? Kerosene is not a flammable liquid, but rather falls into the same hazard class as diesel fuel (flash points between 73 and 200 degrees F) and thus may be stored/used on board passenger equipment outside of the passenger compartments.

-John

I thought I had a better picture of one of these markers, but here's the top of one framing some PHL.

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These markers are esthetic, electric, and not kerosene, but they wouldn't qualify anyway - FRA requires "sealed beams" for markers.

Norm

Norman Orfall
Helendale, CA
TIOGA PASS, a private railcar