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Nostalgia & History > SP&S, CB&Q & NP for F unit FridayDate: 01/22/10 10:53 SP&S, CB&Q & NP for F unit Friday Author: valmont 1. SP&S F3A 800 July 1961 Spokane, WA Alan Miller collection
2. CB&Q F2A 159 + FTA, FTB July 1956 Alan Miller Collection 3. NP 6052A July 8, 1970 ... WA location help? Date: 01/22/10 11:08 Re: SP&S, CB&Q & NP for F unit Friday Author: bnsftrucker Allan Miller, isn't he the signal maintainer?
Date: 01/22/10 11:11 Re: SP&S, CB&Q & NP for F unit Friday Author: rob_l bnsftrucker Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Allan Miller, isn't he the signal maintainer? Wrong one. This one is the public investment banker, now based in Chile. And an outstanding RR photographer. Best regards, Rob L. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/31/10 18:13 by rob_l. Date: 01/22/10 11:14 Re: SP&S, CB&Q & NP for F unit Friday Author: jackpot rob_l Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > bnsftrucker Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Allan Miller, isn't he the signal maintainer? > > > Wrong one. This one is the public investment > banker, now based in Brazil. And an outstanding RR > photographer. > > Best regards, > > Rob L. Santiago, Chile. that NP shot looks sorta like Everett. Date: 01/22/10 11:16 Re: SP&S, CB&Q & NP for F unit Friday Author: valmont that's what I thought it was but wasn't sure (Everett)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/22/10 11:36 by valmont. Date: 01/22/10 11:16 Re: SP&S, CB&Q & NP for F unit Friday Author: bnsftrucker Come to think of it, the signal maintainer I was thinking about is Allen Miller with an e.
Date: 01/22/10 11:20 Re: SP&S, CB&Q & NP for F unit Friday Author: bnsftrucker I'd like to guess that it's at Lowell, the NP on the NP main (Turkey trail) and the FGE car in the backgroung is in the MILW yard.
Date: 01/22/10 15:30 Re: SP&S, CB&Q & NP for F unit Friday Author: Milwaukee Is that the only color scheme the CB&Q F's ever had? I've never liked that color (what color is that by the way) as the black and red Burlington schemes always looked so much better.
Thanks for sharing the photos. Date: 01/22/10 16:05 Re: SP&S, CB&Q & NP for F unit Friday Author: burlingtonjohn Milwaukee Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Is that the only color scheme the CB&Q F's ever > had? I've never liked that color (what color is > that by the way) as the black and red Burlington > schemes always looked so much better. > > Thanks for sharing the photos. In a nutshell, yes. There were a couple of A-B-A sets of F3s delivered for use on the California Zephyr that were in the Q's standard passenger silver. When they were bumped by the arrival of more E units, they were painted in the 'grayback' scheme but kept their passenger numbers to the end ... Regards, Burlington John Date: 01/22/10 17:30 Re: SP&S, CB&Q & NP for F unit Friday Author: BNSFhogger Looks like the back lead at Delta yard and that's Rogers main in the background.
Date: 01/23/10 00:14 Re: SP&S, CB&Q & NP for F unit Friday Author: bnsftrucker Them trees in the background looks to be too big and too much of em, unless it was chopped down and more grew back up.
BNSFhogger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Looks like the back lead at Delta yard and that's Rogers main in the background. |