Nostalgia & History > ATSF 42C Arriving with Super Chief at LAUPT 3-71

Arriving at LAUPT in March of 1971, F7 42C has led the train from Barstow where it replaced the FP45's that brought it from Chicago

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Great shot! A perfect A-B-B-A set of F's. It don't get much better than that. Unless they're PA's, of course!-BMT

VERY nice..!

Why did they switch out the FP45's at Barstow? I thought that type of thing was done away with when RR's switched from steam to diesel?

Barstow has a large diesel shop and it may have been a planned change to get the FP-45 power into the shop for inspection rather than deadhead the power consist 150 back to Barstow after the run.

Wasn't the Barstow engine change a regular practice for years on the Chi-LA trains?

Barstow was the home of most of Santa Fe's passenger power, some trains changed power westbound and other trains changed power eastbound. The uses of a four F units was very rare on 17 and 18 at the time that the photo was taken. I was surprised to see it and I am glad it was posted.

Barstow..out of shop WB to LA to CHGO back to BA, cut out and shopped..sometimes from LA they made at rt to San Diego..was also dine with ALCO's..this was done with 17,19,23,123 and 7. Also 1.

Umm, looks more like 46C to me. : )
In any case, thanks for posting!! I can't get enough of those old ATSF passenger units.

Wow, can't blame that on a late hour can I? Oh well, I never was very good with numbers as my 8th grade math teacher Mrs. McKim could have readily attested.

drew1946 Wrote:

> Wow, can't blame that on a late hour can I? Oh
> well, I never was very good with numbers as my 8th
> grade math teacher Mrs. McKim could have readily
> attested.

You make up for getting a C in mathematics by getting an F in Los Angeles.

What a gem ! Thanks for posting.

Dave Roth was looking over my shoulder and said;



>You make up for getting a C in mathematics by getting an
F in Los Angeles.<

That's clever.

I lived in Irvine 1970-1974. 46C was a regular on the San
Diegan's. San Diegan units rotated on the Super to Barstow
and back for servicing.

Regular Super power would rotate Barstow - LA on 17. LA-KC
on 18 ( and later to Chi with the FP45's and passenger equipped
F45's.) then KC - Barstow on 17.