05-02-2013, 03:23 PM
Actually, Bernhard, I think you can see a marker on the Erie 0-8-8-0 at the pilot beam, just to the right of the crewman standing on the footboard.
![[Image: Erie_L-1_2601.jpg]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Erie_L-1_2601.jpg)
My guess is that these locos were helpers, would probably have spent half their lives running in reverse, so that the marker on the pilot would have covered it running downhill in reverse. It's worth pointing out that if markers were detachable, they wouldn't normally appear in builders photos, which would be the most common source of photos for early locos.
My guess is that these locos were helpers, would probably have spent half their lives running in reverse, so that the marker on the pilot would have covered it running downhill in reverse. It's worth pointing out that if markers were detachable, they wouldn't normally appear in builders photos, which would be the most common source of photos for early locos.