Just noticed that one of the photos went bye-bye. I think it's cause I deleted the old one and reuploaded a rescanned on Flickr, so here it is again (plus the two latest). CW 45, Ft. Bragg, CA, June 22, 1974 (Thomas G. Acheson) A B&O freight, with GP40-2 4246 in charge, rolling past WM F7 231 waiting to go. New Castle, PA, May 2, 1976 (H. W. Ameling) (Probably one of my favorites of all the shots I bought.) Another Trainmaster, this one being PC 6799 (ex-PRR), May 1970(?) (????)
N&W U25B 3518 (ex-Wabash), sometime in 1971 (????) Conrail F7a 1878 (ex-D&RGW), Erie, PA, August 7, 1977 (David S. Albrewczynski)
CR 1648, the lone Blue F-Unit, mixes with a trio of black Fs as they roll through Euclid, OH, August 22, 1977 (????) The CZ a week before the end, Oakland, CA, March 15, 1970 (Thomas G. Acheson)
My grandfather's '53 Chevy had a better paint job--and he used a brush. And how sweet is that masking between the side panels and the roof? I know during the transition from Penn Central to Conrail money was tight, but who even buys paint when they can't afford masking tape?
Conrail F7a 1854, Croxton, NJ, January 24, 1977 (????) Santa Fe Loco Shops, 1970s (Not sure if this is San Bernardino or Cleburne)(????)
A pair of Santa Fe views. (Hope you all like the AT&SF, the next 15 or so posts are gonna be solid Santa Fe.) Caboose 1578R, 1950s (????) Boxcar 21441, 1950s (????) (This car still exists in Wichita, KS.) Also, I believe that the shop photo in the previous post is Cleburne, judging by the presence of CF7s and unrebuilt F7s.
Nice! I certainly don't object to AT&SF - when I was a kid, my Dad used to add rolling stock that was mostly Santa Fe. He was a big Santa Fe fan. I have old slides of engines and cars he painted and detailed in Santa Fe colors. I enjoyed the fruit of his work at the time, but now I know what he felt when he was doing it - pure satisfaction and piles of relaxing fun. Keep it up, Wil!
Two more Santa Fe views FT 172, 1950s (????) A sextet of Fs lead by F7a 300 including an out of place blue/yellow B-Unit, early 1970s (????)
The presence of the blue & yellow B-Unit would lead me to believe that it isn't passenger (although I know such things would creep in on occasion), but possibly freight. I know the Santa Fe had dual service F-Units painted in the passenger colors. I don't recall the number series on them, but I want to say they were numbered in the 300s. So it could be either type of train, the slide made no note of it.
A pair of F-Units (these two will be the last for a little as I'm currently going through the photos I shot during the CZ trip). F7a 328, 1970s (????) F7a 335, 1970s (????)
