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ATSF 2752 (re-post) |
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OKLAHOMA CITY OK Sept 3 1978 -- Santa Fe GP7 2752 awaits its next switching assignment as it sits near the Nowers yard office. The oil derrick in the background is on the Oklahoma Capitol grounds. EMD built the 2752 in August 1952. Santa Fe’s Cleburne shops rebuilt it as a GP7u in November 1981 and it became ATSF 1323. It gained a low short hood and was to be used with a slug. In Sept 1993 it was renumbered BNSF 3833. (Roster information from atsfrr.net) |
| Photo Date: |
3/3/1978 Upload Date: 2/25/2012 5:17:22 PM |
| Location: |
Oklahoma City, OK |
| Author: |
Charles Stookey |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 2752(GP7) |
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925 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ATSF 2837, now a genset |
| Description: |
PURCELL OK Jan 29 1978 -- Santa Fe GP7 2837 and the a Track Geometry Scientific Testing Car 85 await the return of their crews. EMD built the 2837 (s/n 17648) in December 1952 and delivered it in zebra stripe. At some time before it was rebuilt it was repainted to yellow warbonnet. In March 1981 the Cleburne shops rebuilt it as a GP7u 2231 with a chop nose and an angled Topeka cab roof. It was transferred to BNSF on Sept 22 1995, patched BNSF and renumbered 1370. It was rebuilt to Green Goat GG20B 1211 with no control cab for use as a remote control platform in December 2005. It was then rebuilt to RP14BD Genset 1211 in June 2008. (Roster information from http://atsfrr.net/resources/CrossetGene/master_diesel_roster/GP7/reference.htm#2837, http://www.trainweb.org/greengoats/features/Hybrid_Roster.pdf and http://www.trainweb.org/gensets/railpower/bnsf/1211.html) |
| Photo Date: |
1/29/1978 Upload Date: 7/20/2012 9:46:03 PM |
| Location: |
Purcell, OK |
| Author: |
Charles Stookey |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 2837(GP7) |
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1027 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
ATSF 2878, derailed runaway locomotive |
| Description: |
PURCELL OK Nov 27 1978 -- Santa Fe GP7 2878 has just been derailed at the north end of the Purcell yard. The unit took off unattended from Oklahoma City and kept gaining speed. I heard a train in Moore told to get on the siding immediately which alerted me to the event. Police and sheriffs responded quickly and guarded crossings as the runaway accelerated south. When I saw it at the Indian Hills crossing north of Norman it was traveling about 50 mph. I beat it to Purcell but was not allowed down to the tracks so only saw the event from far away. Santa Fe officials decided to switch the unit onto the outer yard track in hopes it would derail. The plan worked to perfection and this is the result. I dont recall if the covered hopper was already there or was positioned but it did a good job of stopping the locomotive as it wallowed down the track. EMD built the 2878 (s/n 18895) in October-November 1953 and delivered it in zebra stripe. It was repainted to yellow warbonnet sometime before February 1980 when the Cleburne TX shops rebuilt it as a GP7u with an angled Topeka cab roof and renumbered it 2183. It was transferred to BNSF in 1999, patched and renumbered 1349. It is now off the roster. (Roster information from http://atsfrr.net/resources/CrossetGene/master_diesel_roster/GP7/reference.htm#2878, http://www.thedieselshop.us/BNSF.HTML) |
| Photo Date: |
11/27/1978 Upload Date: 7/24/2012 6:36:13 PM |
| Location: |
Purcell, OK |
| Author: |
Charles Stookey |
| Categories: |
Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 2878(GP7) |
| Views: |
5533 Comments: 2 |
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