Nostalgia & History > AT&SF in Texas in the mid '70's

Are y'all getting tired of Santa Fe in Texas yet? I like Santa Fe, but it doesn't look much different in God's Country than it does out on the left coast where all you liberals live. <g>

Con

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These'll sorta go along with thirdswitch's previous thread on "baby boats" in Kansas.

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Back in the mid 70's, Santa Fe converted a few F b units into radio control drones. I reckon that their prime movers were removed, hence there wasn't any more need for fuel tanks. Here's RCU #33 at Temple Texas running in a Duval Sulphur Train. The Duval Sulphur Train ran between the sulphur mine in far west texas and the Port of Galveston.

Con

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This USED to be a good spot to railfan, but I don't know about current train trends up in Cow Town. Cow Town is what truckers call Ft. Worth on the cee bee.
What's happened to TonyJ, Stash, and KeyRouteKen? I haven't seen anything posted by them for quite a while now. I hope that y'all're okay. I hope that y'all ain't mad at me. Don't take my calling y'all left coast liberals too seriously, I didn't intend to hurt anyones feelings.

Con

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xtra1188w Wrote:

> Are y'all getting tired of Santa Fe in Texas yet?

Not at all.

> I like Santa Fe, but it doesn't look much
> different in God's Country than it does out on the
> left coast where all you liberals live.

In the era you've been posting, I suspect there was a fair bit of difference if you're into the finer points of diesel spotting. Judging from the bulk of photos I've seen, 4-axle GE's (6300's and 6600's) were rare as hen's teeth in California in the 70's, and aren't too common today. I gather that GP38's and 39-2's (3500's and 3600's) were much more common in Texas than in California, where the preference seemed to be for GP30's and 35's (3200's, 3300's, and 3400's). The Santa Fe's five cabless GP7B's spent practically their whole lives in Texas. The Lone Star State also witnessed the last stand of Santa Fe's F-units in freight service as they were gradually sucked toward Cleburne and the CF7 progam.

Very good pictures. I do remember the Santa Fe during the mid 70's and all the smaller power that they seemed to run in Texas.


SP7615

out on the left coast where all you liberals live.


I take that as a compliment! Keith Turley

xtra1188w Wrote:
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> This USED to be a good spot to railfan, but I
> don't know about current train trends up in Cow
> Town. Cow Town is what truckers call Ft. Worth on
> the cee bee.
> What's happened to TonyJ, Stash, and KeyRouteKen?
> I haven't seen anything posted by them for quite a
> while now. I hope that y'all're okay. I hope that
> y'all ain't mad at me. Don't take my calling y'all
> left coast liberals too seriously, I didn't intend
> to hurt anyones feelings.
>
> Con

We have got to get you out of that place and back home to Colorado......a real purple state which means we don't take any particular side but choose what is really important on each issue...

NH2006 Wrote:
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> xtra1188w Wrote:
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> > This USED to be a good spot to railfan, but
> I
> > don't know about current train trends up in
> Cow
> > Town. Cow Town is what truckers call Ft.
> Worth on
> > the cee bee.
> > What's happened to TonyJ, Stash, and
> KeyRouteKen?
> > I haven't seen anything posted by them for
> quite a
> > while now. I hope that y'all're okay. I hope
> that
> > y'all ain't mad at me. Don't take my calling
> y'all
> > left coast liberals too seriously, I didn't
> intend
> > to hurt anyones feelings.
> >
> > Con
>
> We have got to get you out of that place and back
> home to Colorado......a real purple state which
> means we don't take any particular side but choose
> what is really important on each issue...


The only thing that fence riders get are sore crotches. I'm a conservative and proud to be so. The only reason that I'm not in the John Birch Society is that they're too liberal for me. <BG> here Seriously though, we're not always right, just as liberals aren't always wrong. I think that it takes both extremes to balance things out. "If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything".

Con