john f penca jr posted:Thanks for the nice picture. My point was the original units did not have ditch lights period. Why the wabash managed to escape the wild imaginations of product planners will be a great mystery ! thats all !! IMHO the worst thing ever to ruin the appearance of any locomotive has been those awfull lights. having said that i feel much better. conrail john
The Wabash 1009 is the unit on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. It does not currently operate, so mounting ditch lights is not a necessity at this time (and it also doesn't have the nose lift rings). The Southern 6900 had ditch lights mounted for potential trips on NS involving either the steam program or special moves. Unfortunate nature of modern railroading, all diesel locomotives operating as a lead unit must have ditch lights (steam has been grandfathered apparently).
