Nostalgia & History > Halloween SP F7's

How long did the handful of SP "Halloween" F7's last in that paint scheme? 1963 perhaps?

PT Smith

Were they not E units?

czuleget Wrote:
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> Were they not E units?

There were both; an E7, an E9, and both TNO and SP F7s. Also a black widow E9.

Probably not beyond 1962

And at least one PA

There were also some SP F's 6152, 6263, 6371.

Regards, Jim Evans

Richard Percy has a list of "halloween" units on his site:

http://espee.railfan.net/halloween.html

SP 630 made it to 1962, at least:

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,2704257

Over 200 units received the black & orange "Halloween" paint shceme between spring 1957 and summer 1958 when it evolved into the long-lived gray & scarlet scheme. Far more diesels than wore the Daylight shcheme.

The following 23 cab units were definitely painted in the black & orange "Halloween" scheme:
F3A SP 6152
F7A SP 6257
F7A SP 6332
F7A SP 6342
F7A SP 6348
F7A SP 6351
F7A SP 6362
F7A SP 6364
F7A SP 6371
F7B SP 8127
F7B SP 8207
F7B SP 8240
F7B SP 8268
F7B SP 8274
F9Am TNO 611
F9Am TNO 630
F9Am TNO 631
E7A SP 6000
E7A SP 6001
E9A SP 6051
PA-2 SP 6024
PA-2 SP 6039
PB-2 SP 5922

Need photo confirmation of these five:
F7A SP 6263
F7A SP 6385
F7B SP 8258
F9Am TNO 613
F9Bm TNO 724

A more complete list in .xlsx format, along with other unusual SP paint schemes can be downloaded from my Dropbox at:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80998212/SP_Uncommon_Paint_Schemes.xlsx
or shortcut https://db.tt/NmSQkSaN



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/26/15 19:28 by Geodyssey.