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FMRC 620 |
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ELK CITY OK July 28 1985 -- Farmrail GP7 620 awaits work at the station. FMRC 620 was delivered by EMD to Florida East Coast in October 1952 as FEC 620. After Farmrail it became Chaparral Railroad Co. CHRC 702, then Kiamichi Railroad Co. KRR 702 and sold to Acadiana railway Co. as AKDN 703. (Date of photo approximate, roster information from trainweb.org, thedieselshop.org) |
| Photo Date: |
7/28/1985 Upload Date: 3/5/2012 11:44:17 PM |
| Location: |
Elk City, OK |
| Author: |
Charles Stookey |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
FMRC 620(GP7) |
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468 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
FMRC 1555 |
| Description: |
WEATHERFORD OK July 28 1985 -- Farmrail GP7 1555 awaits work on a sunny day in western Oklahoma. EMD built the unit (s/n 17869) in March 1953 as a Great Northern 655. It became Burlington Northern 1555 and was retired July 23 1982. Farmrail acquired it on August 27 1982 and later sold it to South Plains Lemesa (Lubbock TX) as SLAL 1555 (Roster information from http://www.greatnorthernempire.net/index2.htm?GNEGNDieselRosters.htm, http://www.pwrr.org/rrm/rrms.html and http://www.trainweb.org/emdloco/17800.htm) |
| Photo Date: |
7/28/1985 Upload Date: 9/10/2012 7:03:27 PM |
| Location: |
Weatherford, OK |
| Author: |
Charles Stookey |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
FMRC 1555(GP7) |
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414 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ATSF 5394, RE-SCAN |
| Description: |
DAVIS OK Aug 23 1985 -- ATSF SD45u 5394 was the first Santa Fe unit to be painted in the proposed SPSF paint scheme. It was painted in this experimental scheme with white lettering instead of yellow, four stripes in the cigar band instead of three and a lower level of black for the roofline. The white letters were later changed to yellow. Fellow railfan Greg Hall and I saw the unit rolling westbound (compass south) through Norman OK but we were unable to photograph it. It was the first Kodachrome unit either of us had seen so the chase was on. We paced it south to Davis before we got far enough ahead to try for a shot. I took the street heading south just east of the crossing and floored my Suburban. We actually went airborne once but managed to stop and get a few shots in the rapidly fading light. I had to pan the image but it is still somewhat blurry. (Roster information from http://atsf.railfan.net/sfkodcrm/i5394.htm) |
| Photo Date: |
8/23/1985 Upload Date: 9/20/2012 2:43:05 PM |
| Location: |
Davis, OK |
| Author: |
Charles Stookey |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 5394(SD45u) |
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618 Comments: 2 |
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