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 Posted - April 11 2016 : 02:18:31 AM
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Found this while helping to set up for a model train estate sale. Did the PC
use kerosene lanterns???
Edited by - Chops124 on April 11 2016 02:19:22 AM
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Posted - April 11 2016 : 04:24:51 AM
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| Just did a search on a collector site. They said Penn Central did order some. Jim
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Posted - April 11 2016 : 2:13:55 PM
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quote:Just did a search on a collector site. They said Penn Central did order some. Jim
Originally posted by m1898Â -Â April 11 2016Â :Â 04:24:51 AM
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I am triggered by this problematic lantern!
Oh wait, wrong PC. :D
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Posted - April 14 2016 : 12:05:01 PM
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Breath, Autobus, breath. It is not a Bernie Sanders
lantern.
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Posted - April 27 2016 : 8:05:14 PM
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But it is a Penn Central Lantern. That is their logo.
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Posted - April 29 2016 : 03:12:59 AM
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While 6 volt electric lanterns were in service in the early nineteen-teens, it took a very long time to phase out kerosene as a standard fuel source. Electric lanterns were rather inefficient, going through 6 volt brick batteries pretty quickly. Bulbs were fragile, and contact wit rainwater could soon render your lantern useless due to corrosion on the battery contacts.
Furthermore, you never really knew how much juice your battery had left. Would it last you through the night? Or would you end up in the dark halfway down your train while stopped to inspect a hotbox? At least with a kerosene lantern you knew you were good to go as long as you topped off your fount and trimmed your wick. Plus, you could control how much fuel you burned by how high your wick was set.
Of course, by the 1960's, battery lanterns had taken over much of the market. However, some railroads still ordered them, if only for use as back-ups. Even Burlington Northern ordered some in the early 1970s.
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Posted - April 29 2016 : 10:35:38 AM
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Thanks, Weekender, that does solve the mystery.
I was truly baffled.
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