I am having a modeler do some customizing on my Lionel 844. Can someone tell me if the FEF-3 used green and white marker lights? I was going to try to have him install white lights/clear lenses if possible, but I don't want to if green was also prototypical.
Thanks for your help.
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try a google search for "up 844 steam pictures".
Thanks. I've done that and I've only seen the white, but I thought I read somewhere some time ago that steam engines actually did use both depending on what they were pulling.? That might be wrong, but I haven't gone back to research it prior to posting my question.
Thanks. I've done that and I've only seen the white, but I thought I read somewhere some time ago that steam engines actually did use both depending on what they were pulling.? That might be wrong, but I haven't gone back to research it prior to posting my question.
White = Extra, unsheduled train.
Green = Regularly scheduled train, section following
Dark = Regularly sheduled train, no sections following, or the last section of a multi-section train.
Rusty
i put a whole bunch of pictures of 844 from last saturday in the Real Trains section. might help
I am having a modeler do some customizing on my Lionel 844. Can someone tell me if the FEF-3 used green and white marker lights? I was going to try to have him install white lights/clear lenses if possible, but I don't want to if green was also prototypical.
Thanks for your help.
Assume you are talking about the Lionel Legacy model of UP #844, and also assume you are asking about the CLASSIFICATION lights on the front of the model; since the Legacy model is actually an EXCELLENT version of #844 as she was in regular service during the mid 1950s, the "white" class lights would be more correct. After she was bumped from regular passenger service in the early 1950s, #844 (as well as the rest of the FEF class) spent most of her time in fast freight service or occasional mail/heavyweight passenger trains.
Yes, I am speaking of that model.
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