Steam & Excursion > The mighty 800's doublehead a train through Eaton, Colorado.

Northbound through Eaton in the late 1930's, these two UP 800 locomotives are hauling. I don't have an exact date because Art had all his negatives in a shoebox with no organization to them. This train appears to be gathering speed, headed upgrade after the Greeley station stop 10 miles south of Eaton.

Best to all,
Jim Burrill

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tolland Wrote:
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> Northbound through Eaton in the late 1930's, these
> two UP 800 locomotives are hauling. I don't have
> an exact date because Art had all his negatives in
> a shoebox with no organization to them. This train
> appears to be gathering speed, headed upgrade
> after the Greeley station stop 10 miles south of
> Eaton.
>
> Best to all,
> Jim Burrill
Looks to me like he is coming into the station....Signal at right, station overhang at right, and guy sitting down there(may be a worker though).
Regardless cool shot and enjoy these early ones.
Greg Scholl

Man, they look completely different without the elephant ears.

FEF 1 vs FEF 3 too 

dan Wrote:
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> FEF 1 vs FEF 3 too 

If this photo was in the late 1930s, the 800 in the rear would be a FEF-2 series, which looks likely by the sand dome shape.  FEF-3 were not built until 1944.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/10/19 11:12 by Superstock.

Looks like train 221 didn't exist until 1941. Didn't last long?

How many FEF-1s had centipede tenders? I assume they were all built with three axle trucks and received larger tenders later on?

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Far s we know FEF-1s only got centipede
tenders from scrapped engines?

Five FEF-1s got retired Centipedes when their original tenders became Turbine Fuel tenders. (801, 804, 805, 808 & 814)