Hey Y’all; The question is, how to route the wiring on PRR’s pilot beam markers? So here’s some thinking out loud. As well as having smokebox mounted class lamps, at some point (1920s?) PRR started mounting marker lamps on steam loco pilot beams and rear tender corners. Used to know why, don’t any more. Even though probably an earlier era loco than when PRR really did that I want to do so to Big Hauler 4-6-0. Lamps are Aristo Pacific parts which come with incandescent bulbs: ex Christmas light 3mm LED will be substituted. Castings will be eventually painted green. Also want them to be powered by sound system battery, probably hard-wired to be on when battery is present, so loco can be found in dark at opposite end of garden if (when?) track power might be lost, that has happened. While wiring tender lamps is a breeze, getting juice from there to way up at other end is a question. Current line of thought on getting power between tender and loco is to do so in a manner which represents water hoses from under water legs to injectors. Some kind of easily releasable hookup will be needed in order to separate loco and tender for stowing in original set box. After that it’s an open question.
