@SusieQ posted:Many L1's were equipped with cab signals, the electronics of which were located in a wooden box mounted to the right side running board in front of the reversing gear, but aft of the smoke-box.......
So, what is the wooden box on the left side running board of #1369 with the train antenna? I wonder if the electronic gear was relocated to the other side to avoid interference with the train antenna function, or whether this box contained elements of the antenna electronics?
The boxes were steel with straps to hold the access doors closed. The box on #1369 is the Trainphone equipment box, which was standard on all PRR locomotives equipped with Trainphone. The Lionel box looks too small to me, relative to what it should be. See the prototype #1369 photo referenced by Norm Charbonneau in Pennsy Power II.
Here is a photo of O-scale Trainphone (on left) and cab signal (on right) equipment boxes on the running board, to the right of the cab, on my Weaver RS-3.
