What's this headlight?

[wcfn100]

And if there an N scale model that has it?

Jason

[SkipGear]

It's part of the Southern Pacific light "package" that they ran. Sunrise used to make them. I haven't seen an N scale model with the full SP lighting package out of the box. I have no clue what was actually different between the upper and lower lights. Not an SP guy, did some paint jobs for people that included adding the sunrise parts on the loco to make it complete.

[Mark5]

NKP had a similar arrangement:

https://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr1401/nkp439.jpg

Unfortunately, I have no idea what NKP used those lights for.

Mark

[wcfn100]

It looks like it might be a Mars light package.  So if you have the upper Mars, that's what you get for the lower.

Jason

[Point353]

It's part of the Southern Pacific light "package" that they ran. I have no clue what was actually different between the upper and lower lights.

If you watch this video, from about 8:57 to 9:04, you can see that the lower light is the standard headlight while the upper one is a dual-beam Mars or Gyralite.

[Spades]

Detail associates makes it in HO https://www.tmrdistributing.com/presta/index.php?id_product=10292&controller=product.  Since the Caltrain unit is ex SP most GP9's used this https://www.tmrdistributing.com/presta/index.php?id_product=9038&controller=product or https://www.tmrdistributing.com/presta/index.php?id_product=10293&controller=product

If you go to https://www.nscalesupply.com/det/det-details.html  Dual Hdlight, early,  Dual Headlight, late and Pyle Headlight, Dual Oscilating are fine for GP9's  most of Caltrains early motive power was ex SP.  Also the Detail Associate plastic parts are much crisper than they appear in the n scale supply page.

[wcfn100]

If you go to https://www.nscalesupply.com/det/det-details.html  Dual Hdlight, early,  Dual Headlight, late and Pyle Headlight, Dual Oscilating are fine for GP9's  most of Caltrains early motive power was ex SP.  Also the Detail Associate plastic parts are much crisper than they appear in the n scale supply page.

But none of those are a match.  The HO DA #1006 would be the closest.  I might be able to modify one of the Mars lights.
Jason

[wazzou]

I'm sure I've seen a variety of folks on Shapeways offer these.

[Spades]

I'm sure I've seen a variety of folks on Shapeways offer these.

The railwire's own, Wutter      https://www.shapeways.com/product/G9BD8GZJ2/sp-early-light-cluster-n-1-160-12x?optionId=58931963&li=shops and with a square emergency light UDE https://www.shapeways.com/product/K3S5ERBJL/sp-cluster-square-ude-combo-pack-n-1-160?optionId=59104658&li=shops. and others.

Wutter I don't know how I forgot.