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Did you work with Pyle-National Locomotive Headlight and Gyralight? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Pyle-National Locomotive Headlight and Gyralight, sold from the 1900s until the 1970s. Pyle-National locomotive headlights and Gyralight signals allegedly used asbestos fabric wire wrap and millboard heat shielding inside the housing, per publicly filed asbestos litigation records. Allegedly chrysotile asbestos fabric wrap on high-current lamp lead wiring and asbestos millboard insulation inside the headlight housing behind the reflector to protect wiring from lamp-generated heat. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Railroad electricians, Railroad machinists (roundhouse), and Railroad car maintainers. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Pyle-National Locomotive Headlight and Gyralight and were later diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease, you may have a legal claim against the manufacturer. This is educational information from an independent publisher — not a law firm — and is not legal advice.
Product Description
The Pyle-National Company of Chicago supplied locomotive headlights, Gyralight oscillating warning signals, cab dome lights, and locomotive electrical connectors to virtually every U.S. locomotive builder — Baldwin, Alco, Lima, EMD, and GE — from the steam era through the second-generation diesel program. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, Pyle-National headlight and Gyralight housings allegedly incorporated asbestos-fabric-wrapped lead wiring rated for the high-current incandescent lamps of the era and asbestos millboard heat shielding installed between the lamp socket and the housing’s rear wall. Later sealed-beam upgrades and Gyralight rebuild kits allegedly retained the fabric-wrapped internal wiring. Pyle-National also supplied the multi-pin MU jumper receptacles and cab-signal receiver housings that allegedly contained similar internal asbestos fabric insulation.
Workers Exposed
Railroad electricians at diesel and steam roundhouses allegedly opened Pyle-National headlight housings on 92-day inspections, changed bulbs, replaced Gyralight motors, and disturbed the fabric wire wrap and millboard shielding routinely. Railroad machinists rebuilding damaged nose sections after grade-crossing collisions allegedly removed and replaced entire Pyle-National assemblies. Car maintainers on Amtrak and commuter cab-cars allegedly worked with the same components.
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