Western Railroad Discussion > SSW 9703.........

SSW GP60 9703 is still unpatched. Here it is at work a few days before ssw found it at rest in Corsicana yesterday, sunday 4/27/2008/.

A little while before the 9703 came to Tyler, the UP southbound in the third image passed by in review. I wasn't going to post this image since UP trains passing thru Tyler all pretty well look the same, but pixels are free, and this will give me a 3rd picture to round out this thread.

Con

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Nice catch on the Cotton Belt, Con! That camera's doing you proud....

Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting those shots. SSW 9703 is a very special engine to me. When I was 10 years old in June of 95' I was given a cab ride on a SP stack train from Alta Vista to Volland, KS and SSW 9703 was the leader, followed by SP 9720 and a pair of CSX SD40-2s, numbers unknown. The engineer called me over to his seat, told me how to release the brakes and get the train started. Long story short, within a couple of miles I was running the show till he told me how to get the train stopped for the red signal at Volland. I was certainly one of the youngest hoggers in history, and the engineer was impressed by how fast I picked things up. The sad part of the story was that I had broken my camera earlier that day, so no pictures. It may have picked up ditch lights and lost the beacon, but SSW 9703 is still a fine sight to my eyes.

zwsplac Wrote:
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> Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting those
> shots. SSW 9703 is a very special engine to me.
> When I was 10 years old in June of 95' I was given
> a cab ride on a SP stack train from Alta Vista to
> Volland, KS and SSW 9703 was the leader, followed
> by SP 9720 and a pair of CSX SD40-2s, numbers
> unknown. The engineer called me over to his seat,
> told me how to release the brakes and get the
> train started. Long story short, within a couple
> of miles I was running the show till he told me
> how to get the train stopped for the red signal at
> Volland. I was certainly one of the youngest
> hoggers in history, and the engineer was impressed
> by how fast I picked things up. The sad part of
> the story was that I had broken my camera earlier
> that day, so no pictures. It may have picked up
> ditch lights and lost the beacon, but SSW 9703 is
> still a fine sight to my eyes.


Interesting, thanks for relating this!

Con