Amtrak Train 6 at Norden, CA behind UP 926, June 16, 1973 (Thomas G. Acheson) L&N C430 5601, a former ALCo. Demo, December 1977 (????)
Yes, I am--but I thought I read somewhere that the SP did their F-7s Santa Fe style--no steam generators in the cabs and big ones in the boosters. Maybe they said the Cotton Belt unit was the only one with no dynamic brakes, and I misunderstood that to mean it was the only FP-7.
The SP had 17 FP-7s. 16 delivered to the SP and the one to SSW. I think I see the edge of a snow plow so that would be one of the SP units. The Cotton Belt had a "freight" pilot.
Diggin' the L&N Alco C-430 shot, really neat. Your guess of a 12/1977 slide date is a good one, as this unit carried No. 5601 from 1976 to 1979 only.
C&O AS-616 22086, May 1969 (????) Amtrak Train 323 at the platform in Milwaukee, WI, September 17, 1974 (Thomas G. Acheson)
SP Bicentennial GP40P-2 3197, Oakland, CA, June 21, 1975 (Thomas G. Acheson) A worn WP 918D (along with GP40 3531, F7s 921D & 917D and GP20 2006) waits in Oakland, CA, January 5, 1975 (Thomas G. Acheson)
The WP Roundhouse in Stockton, CA filled with F-Units, October 1965 (Thomas G. Acheson) Santa Fe RSD-15 9825, 1970 or 1971 (Vincent J. Porreca)
C&O GP38 3896, May 1968 (Bob Jordan) Conrail F7 1853, looking a little worse for wear, Cleveland, OH, February 1978 (N. Chase)
A rather simplified pilot, too. It wouldn't have stayed on the track long if it had encountered a cow!
I'm not sure why, but CR gathered a lot of its Fs in the Cleveland area. Perhaps it was because of the close proximity of the NYC's large Collinwood Shop. PC 1853 was ex-NYC.
CN 4-8-2 6060, London, Ontario, May 26, 1974 (Dennis A. Smolinski) C&O GP7 5794, December 1971 (Bob Jordan?)