International Railroad Discussion > Mexico 1979

It's October 1979 and my Dad was tooling about Empalme, Mexico, when he came across what I can only surmise is a "retired" WP F unit.

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Not a WP Funit. That's a FP7 without dynamics. All records show 3 of the 4 WP FP7s scrapped. The one survivor went to the WAG and then the L&NW. Then it was purchased by a few individuals when it was retired from L&NW and moved to its home in Portola.

TomG Wrote:
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> Not a WP Funit. That's a FP7 without dynamics. All
> records show 3 of the 4 WP FP7s scrapped. The one
> survivor went to the WAG and then the L&NW. Then
> it was purchased by a few individuals when it was
> retired from L&NW and moved to its home in
> Portola.

Oh cool ! The paint job had me fooled. man, this web site is amazing thanks

Your quite welcome. I do dig the paint job, thanks for posting it.

Skeezix Wrote:
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> It's October 1979 and my Dad was tooling about
> Empalme, Mexico, when he came across what I can
> only surmise is a "retired" WP F unit.


No, not ex-WP. EMD constructed 18 FP7s that went to Mexican railroads -- see the EMD FP7 original owner roster here

http://www.trainweb.org/jaydeet/fp7.htm

Note that two FP7s were sold to SCOP as 23035 and 23036, built September 1949, builder #s 9888 and 9889 respectively. The units became SBC #2101 and 2102 (Sonora-Baja California). Your photo depicts SBC 2101, ex-SCOP 23035.

The S-BC was also home to the world's last operating FT, a former NP A unit.

Dave