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ATSF 8000 |
Description: |
NORMAN OK April 1977 -- In this grab shot Santa Fe U30CG 8000 leads a train west (compass south) toward downtown Norman. The third unit in consist is also a U30CG. The area in foreground is now part of a park which stretches along the tracks. GE built this unit in November 1967 as ATSF 400. It was delivered in passenger war bonnet but was reasigned to freight service and lost its steam generator in 1969. It was renumbered 8000 in the 1969-70 general renumbering. It went back to GE in 1980. |
Photo Date: |
4/1/1977 Upload Date: 1/21/2012 5:17:54 PM |
Location: |
Norman, OK |
Author: |
Charles Stookey |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
ATSF 8000(U30CG) |
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1656 Comments: 1 |
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ATSF 8004 |
Description: |
OKLAHOMA CITY OK February 1974 -- Santa Fe U30CG 8004 hauls a mixed freight under Interstate 35 on its westward trek (compass south) to Texas. EMD built the unit as passenger locomotive ATSF 404 and delivered it in Nov 1967. It was derated to freight service in April 1969. In the 1969-70 general renumbering it became ATSF 8004. It received freight paint in 1973, was retired Sept 22 1980 and traded to GE for the B36-7 series. (Roster information from atsfrr.net) |
Photo Date: |
2/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/21/2012 9:48:28 PM |
Location: |
Oklahoma City, OK |
Author: |
Charles Stookey |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
ATSF 8004(U30CG) |
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821 Comments: 2 |
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