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I have wondered for decades, literally
what EXACTLY is that little piece on top of the original LGB bobber 4065 cupola?
the only cupola lanterns im famiiliar with were large box style lanterns-just about like those on the original LGB mogul wood burners or the 2017
and the shape isnt anything like any lantern id ever seen, truly odd,
i used to think it was some sort of vent -but given the directoin of the openings, ie toward the flow of wind while the train moved, this didnt make sense either
today, by absolute fluke, in reading short line and narrow gague gazette, i happened upon an old Dressler ad for the lantern and a picture of it and its function
i learned it is a Dressler signal lantern circ 1890-1900. Rathter odd though, for the 4065 bobber itself, it being i believe, of an earlier era still and based upon an old C and S caboose. Disney built the exact same caboose on his railroad frm plans for the original, but had no such lantern on the cupola, and really strange double ended end of train lanterns too. Alas, i babble.
The prototype lantern, or rather just the visible barrel, sits on a turntable or plate set into the roof, with a square "U" shaped handle and small kerosene lamp, which small glass chimney and flame sits within the barrel, but with its kerosene reservoir at a level just under the roof, and can be rotated by the brake crew to signal the engineer.
It has round fresnel lens on end, couldnt determine color, nor if it was double ended.
On the prototype, which is identical to the model in proportion, the only detail missing, ala LGB practicality,
was a very small chimney, which sits on the center top of the barrel, and which chimney has a conical vent shield, pretty thin chimney-could likely use O scale, its that small.
I suspect that somehow somewhere, LGB had a photo of the caboose, with this on it.
In all the colorado narrow gauage books that i have and persued since i was interested in LGB, and earlier, i have never seen any such thing, anywhere (nor have i ever seen a caboose with horizontal bars, of this early era, across the platfrom end windows such as are on the 4065.
But I suspect that, with many things i am suspect about with LGB, there was in fact some basis for it in reality, and eventually, i learn enough to see that this isnt "wild license" in design.
LGB seems to have soemtimes chosen one offs, literally, such as the reefer they did with the DRG old timey curved lettering, of which there is but a single photo, of a single such car.
what EXACTLY is that little piece on top of the original LGB bobber 4065 cupola?
the only cupola lanterns im famiiliar with were large box style lanterns-just about like those on the original LGB mogul wood burners or the 2017
and the shape isnt anything like any lantern id ever seen, truly odd,
i used to think it was some sort of vent -but given the directoin of the openings, ie toward the flow of wind while the train moved, this didnt make sense either
today, by absolute fluke, in reading short line and narrow gague gazette, i happened upon an old Dressler ad for the lantern and a picture of it and its function
i learned it is a Dressler signal lantern circ 1890-1900. Rathter odd though, for the 4065 bobber itself, it being i believe, of an earlier era still and based upon an old C and S caboose. Disney built the exact same caboose on his railroad frm plans for the original, but had no such lantern on the cupola, and really strange double ended end of train lanterns too. Alas, i babble.
The prototype lantern, or rather just the visible barrel, sits on a turntable or plate set into the roof, with a square "U" shaped handle and small kerosene lamp, which small glass chimney and flame sits within the barrel, but with its kerosene reservoir at a level just under the roof, and can be rotated by the brake crew to signal the engineer.
It has round fresnel lens on end, couldnt determine color, nor if it was double ended.
On the prototype, which is identical to the model in proportion, the only detail missing, ala LGB practicality,
was a very small chimney, which sits on the center top of the barrel, and which chimney has a conical vent shield, pretty thin chimney-could likely use O scale, its that small.
I suspect that somehow somewhere, LGB had a photo of the caboose, with this on it.
In all the colorado narrow gauage books that i have and persued since i was interested in LGB, and earlier, i have never seen any such thing, anywhere (nor have i ever seen a caboose with horizontal bars, of this early era, across the platfrom end windows such as are on the 4065.
But I suspect that, with many things i am suspect about with LGB, there was in fact some basis for it in reality, and eventually, i learn enough to see that this isnt "wild license" in design.
LGB seems to have soemtimes chosen one offs, literally, such as the reefer they did with the DRG old timey curved lettering, of which there is but a single photo, of a single such car.