When they were complaining about lifting lugs I was thinking those loops on the roof. I did not know there were lugs on the pilot. I have been staring at train photos for just shy of three quarters of a century, and flat-out missed it.
I maintain my orneriness - except for Butch, the 3-rail crowd, as evidenced here, is a lot more picky than most 2- railers. Really strange . . .