Circa 1983 at Santa Fe's Hobart Yard, just south of Downtown Los Angeles, Ca. This former F-7, is shuttling a caboose to another location within this intermodal yard
Yes, I did get a picture of TWO different ones! They work on a short line named the Clinton Terminal Railway (CTR), which is in Clinton, N.C. I'll get some photos up later. Harold
Here we see Santa Cruz, Big Trees & Pacific #2641 awaiting the next season of beach trains. (Jeff Black photo):
Same unit as above but stopped again in Exeter for a repaint, renumber and some movie work. NIS #2584 (Jeff Black photo):
Interesting to note there is a missing class light fixture. Leaving what appears to eb a nice hole in the nose. Boxcab E50
Boxcab- That's the paint scheme used in the movie Under Siege 2, Dark Territory. The primary locomotives used in the filming were a pair of ex-McCloud River/Alaska/US Army GP-7's (#1804 and #1810). They filmed it on the Rio Grande Tennessee Pass line in Colorado, where the two geeps proved the proficiency at setting as many fires as possible along the right of way- one of many reasons the McCloud River didn't use them much during their stay in northern California. Thanks for the photo, John- I didn't know that NIS painted more than the two geeps for that movie...I don't recall seeing this unit in the movie the one time I watched part of it. Jeff Moore Elko, NV http://www.trainweb.org/mccloudrails
Jeff thanks for the movie title. I wasnt' sure on it as I've heard that it was "The Seige" which was on the other night and I didn't watch. Also, I thought the locos used were a pair of ex SP SD39s painted as Rio Grande or is this another movie I'm thinking of??
Jeff- I've heard about the r-o-w fire troubles. Have a copy of that movie. But didn't recall seeeing a CF7 used. Will have to watch it again. Boxcab E50
From what little I saw and now remember of the movie...the basic plot consisted of two trains, a passenger and a freight, rolling towards each other on a single track unsignaled mainline (hence the Dark Territory name). I seem to remember that the freight was supposed to be a unit train of gasoline or some other equally volatile liquid, and it very well may have been pulled by the locomotives you described. The two GP-7s powered the passenger train, both painted in that paint scheme. The cars were ex-SP commute bilevels, I seem to remember, painted up in the same colors. I have pages on McCloud Rails for the two GP-7's...there is one picture of the #1804 wearing the movie paint job, the #1810 was identically adorned before the Oregon Pacific painted it. http://www.trainweb.org/mccloudrails/LocoImages/Loco-1804.html http://www.trainweb.org/mccloudrails/LocoImages/Loco-1810.html Jeff Moore Elko, NV
One more thing I forgot to add...I am pretty sure the CF-7 never made it into the movie. That's why I am a little surprised to see it painted up like that. Last note- anyone with any sort of remote interest in CF-7s needs to get a copy of the book "CF-7's, from Cleburne to Everywhere" written by some guy named Poole (or something close to that) and published by Withers. The book retails for roughly $25 and can usually be had for less than $20 if you are looking in the right place. Jeff Moore Elko, NV
