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Viewing Album:  USA: "Low-Nose Lookout" ~ March 1964 (R)
 
By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:3/2/1964 - 3/2/1964
Album Info:Here is a two-page camera study by Mr. David P. Morgan entitled "Low-Nose Lookout." It was published originally in the March 1964 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 54-55. Photo by Mr. Ed Wojtas. "Startling...and ugly: those were perhaps the commonest thoughts among train-watchers when Santa Fe led the industry in the adoption of low-nose short ends for hood units. The basic aim was 180-degree visibility for the engineer, of course; and external esthetics aside, no one could complain about the change. See here as Rock Island Engineer Phil Reynolds notches out GE-built U-25B unit No. 204, first of three such 2500 h.p. units rolling fast freight No. 81 west on double track between Davenport and West Liberty, Ia. Is this not the ultimate contrast in cabs between the thumping seatbox hung on the backhead of, say, a 5000-series 4-8-4 and the cockpit of a U-25B ~ with its speedometer, radio-telephone, windshield wipers and visors, full-view lookout, and short-sleeved engineer? Wouldn't Bob Butterfield be surprised!" (Pages 54-55) Also included is a germane photo from a later era. * Restored Album *
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ROCK "Low-Nose Lookout," Page 54, 1964
Title:  ROCK "Low-Nose Lookout," Page 54, 1964
Description:  Here is page one of a two-page camera study by David P. Morgan entitled "Low-Nose Lookout." It was published originally in the March 1964 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 54. Photo by Ed Wojtas. Partial Caption: "See here as Rock Island Engineer Phil Reynolds notches out GE-built U25B unit No. 204, first of three such 2500 h.p. units rolling fast freight No. 81 west on double track between Davenport and West Liberty, Ia." CRIP 2,500 horsepower #204 was built in May of 1963.
Photo Date:  3/1/1964  Upload Date: 3/14/2025 7:50:38 AM
Location:  West Liberty, IA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  InCab
Locomotives:  CRIP 204(U25B)
Views:  26   Comments: 0
ROCK "Low-Nose Lookout," Page 55, 1964
Title:  ROCK "Low-Nose Lookout," Page 55, 1964
Description:  Here is page two of a two-page camera study by David P. Morgan entitled "Low-Nose Lookout." It was published originally in the March 1964 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 55. Photo by Ed Wojtas. Partial Caption: "See here as Rock Island Engineer Phil Reynolds notches out GE-built U25B unit No. 204, first of three such 2500 h.p. units rolling fast freight No. 81 west on double track between Davenport and West Liberty, Ia." CRIP 2,500 horsepower #204 was built in May of 1963.
Photo Date:  3/1/1964  Upload Date: 3/14/2025 7:51:00 AM
Location:  West Liberty, IA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  InCab
Locomotives:  CRIP 204(U25B)
Views:  27   Comments: 0
CR "Low-Nose Lookout," 1978
Title:  CR "Low-Nose Lookout," 1978
Description:  Here is an original 35mm color slide (converted to B&W) by A.J. Reinschmidt that was taken at the tunnels under Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, on 28 April 1978. This is a Fireman's side view from a moving Conrail GM-EMD GP40-2 diesel-electric locomotive about to pass under a signal bridge and through the Allegheny Tunnel on its way West to the Conway Yards.
Photo Date:  4/28/1978  Upload Date: 3/14/2025 9:05:48 AM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Tunnel,Signal
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Views:  23   Comments: 0

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