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AT&SF F7 261C |
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AT&SF F7 261C, west of Las Animas, Colorado on August 17, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in August 1951 as 261C (c/n 13732), the trailing cab of A-B-B-A locomotive 261 built on EMD Order 3095A (EMD Order 3095B was for the B-units), it was rebuilt in August 1977 to CF7 2446, later BMRG 601, later still RBMN 1502. Although it has the appearance of an F3, I presume it has lost its Farr Aire grills somewhere along the way. All sources I've found list it as an F7. Odd photo angle to be sure, I shot this from a car traveling in the opposite direction. I believe this train is passing over an Arroyo, a dry creek bed that fills with water during the rainy season in desert areas. I only know that word because the Western Pacific had a Budd stainless steel 10-6 sleeper named SILVER ARROYO, numbered 861, part of the WP's contribution to the California Zephyr, and I looked that word up in the dictionary. |
| Photo Date: |
8/17/1965 Upload Date: 6/1/2010 4:22:23 PM |
| Location: |
Las Animas, CO |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 261C(F7A) |
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Santa Fe F7A 261C |
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Built in August 1951, AT&SF 261C is seen here in Denver at the end of 1965. It would be converted to CF7 2501 in September 1974. |
| Photo Date: |
12/27/1965 Upload Date: 9/23/2023 4:51:19 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
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| Locomotives: |
ATSF 261C(F7A) |
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