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Hey everybody, have you ever wondererd why the piece of metal was placed in front of the horns on top of the cab. I have wondered for fifty years. Before I die will somebody PLEASE tell me why? Thanks for the info that goes with the photo Bill. I always wonderer about the UP colors on MILWAUKEE passenger trains.
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Milwaukee did that to keep objects out of the horn trumpets. Along the Mississippi there can be a lot of bugs, maybe even an occasional bird. But also a lot of loco exhaust if units were in a consist. CNW & CR had a "sock" that they put over the opening of the horn presumably for the same reasons. I have experienced GN's Leslie horns screech as they got buggered up with filth.
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The metal was put in front of the horns to keep the bugs out.
Thanks for another beauty Bill.
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