DD35A marker lights?

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Originally posted by Jeff2035:
My new Lionel loco does not have marker lights, even though the Lionel video on their web site talks about them. Did the real DD35A have marker lights, either when first built or later modified? Are locomotives required to have marker lights FRA rule?)?

Locomotives are not required by the FRA to have marker lights. I have a box of EMD marker lights which was given to me by a friend who works for a railroad after they removed all of them from the units of a railroad they acquired.


UP DD35s DID have markers.

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My new Lionel loco does not have marker lights, even though the Lionel video on their web site talks about them. Did the real DD35A have marker lights, either when first built or later modified? Are locomotives required to have marker lights FRA rule?)?

I've only seen marker lights on a DD40AX and on only one engine the #6936 currently in service.
Don't know why I confused marker lights for brake lights??? Must be age...Anyway, I love the consist in this photo. Check out the very cool observation car.
Joe

#6936

I didn't (and still don't know) alot about DD35 details such as marker lights, etc.

Regardless, I didn't expect a lot of proto-typical detail in mine for two reasons.
1) The text in the catalog announcing several roadnmaes that never owned DD35s- (" . . . these "what if" schemes . . . " on page 36 of the 2011 Sign catalog).
Yes, I know that UP actually owned DD35s, but I figured if they were offering fantasy roadnames then accuracy was probably not that high of the list of features they were striving for.

2) Price. I know $600 is not cheap. But relatively s[eaking, its nearer low than high, at least for something so big, with eight-wheel trucks, and two smoke units, etc., dual motors, and Legacy and cruise. Consider that the little Atlantic steamer on page 6 of the same catalog is conventional only with no Legacy and no cruise, and its $550. I expected that, for the money, there would not be a lot of details of the DD35, period. As to marker lights, I figure they were just left off because they were part of that level of detail not included. There are other areas where the level of detail is a bit dsiapointing (the locos roof is a bit sparse compared to the real world, I think) but again, for the price I am happy with it.

I suspect you could add marker lights.

Thanks to all for the interesting comments. I am happy wth the loco, even without marker lights. I did see that on the photo that there are marker lights. Does anyone know if they originally had them or was it something UP added later?

IIRC, they had them "as delivered" and were later were covered over(what we see on the Lionel units)

Chris, thank you.

I see in the Wikipedia that two railroads had the EMD DD35. UP had 27 total & Southern Pacific had 3 total.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_DD35

Phillip

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Originally posted by Phillip:
I see in the Wikipedia that two railroads had the EMD DD35. UP had 27 total & Southern Pacific had 3 total.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_DD35

Phillip

Phillip,

The model that Lionel just deliverd, and what everybody is talking about, is the DD35A! The ONLY railroad to purchase DD35A units was the Union Pacific. The DD35 model had NO CAB and was just a 5000HP "booster" or "B" unit.

Thank you (Hot Water) for the correction on by DD35 mistake. I see in the Wikipedia that UP was the only buyer of DD35A units and they only had 18 engines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_DD35A

Phillip