Nostalgia & History > Maroon Monday: F is for Forlorn!

A forlorn-looking F-unit nose sits amidst the usual maroon patrons of Rock Island’s roundhouse facility in Kansas City. It’s a really crummy day depicted in this slide taken by my friend, Jim Watson. But he followed the simple formula of keeping it in a Smith-Victor slide storage box for 43 years and it became priceless. Enjoy…

1. CRI&P 4166, still in UP yellow & gray sits at the roundhouse on May 2, 1973 in Armourdale (Kansas City), KS.
(Photo by James W. Watson)

Thanks for looking back!
Lance Garrels (santafe199)
Jim Watson (UP6900)



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/07/22 21:25 by santafe199.

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Hey, even a fine vintage wine started out as sour grape juice. 

I love slice-of-life pix like these. 

Nice Lance. A great Jim Watson photo. I have a photo of a RI ex UP F unit arriving at Blue Island still sporting the big snowplow on the pilot.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

I spy a C&O unit and a SP unit in the background. Awesome picture as usual Lance!

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Ah, the good old days in which all engine terminals had the ground saturated with spilled diesel fuel, foul wastewater and lubricating oils.

Art House

Fantastic shot! Thanks for sharing.

- Jeff Carlson