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Date: 07/18/13 08:39
Santa Fe Switchers
Author: yardclerk

Here are several photos of ATSF 2301 taken at a grain storage facility in Plainview Tx in 1961.

Photograper unknown,

I believe it is an HH600 model.



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Date: 07/18/13 08:43
Re: Santa Fe Switchers
Author: yardclerk

Last, but not least, is a photo of ATSF 463, a GE 44-tonner also at Plainview Tx. in 1961.

Yardclerk



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Date: 07/18/13 09:29
Re: Santa Fe Switchers
Author: valmont

I photographed the same 2 units on 11/19/74 and have seen references that the 2301 went there in 10/64 and the 463 went there in 6/64


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Date: 07/18/13 09:52
Re: Santa Fe Switchers
Author: john1082

Given that 2301 displays no ATSF identification, I'm wondering if it had been sold to a local business, perhaps an elevator?

John Gezelius
Tustin, CA

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Date: 07/18/13 12:25
Re: Santa Fe Switchers
Author: PHall

john1082 Wrote:
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> Given that 2301 displays no ATSF identification,
> I'm wondering if it had been sold to a local
> business, perhaps an elevator?

Yes, it was sold to the grain elevator.

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Date: 07/18/13 13:35
Re: Santa Fe Switchers
Author: JimBaker

Valmont,

Do we have any views of the other units on either side ATSF 463 at Plainview, the Rusty and the Blue ones?

--Jim Baker

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Date: 07/18/13 13:52
Re: Santa Fe Switchers
Author: valmont

JimBaker Wrote:
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> Valmont,
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> Do we have any views of the other units on either
> side ATSF 463 at Plainview, the Rusty and the Blue
> ones?
>
> --Jim Baker


Here you go Jim .... Alco I shot on 11/24/74 @ Plainview, the GE70T also @ Plainview, but on 11/19/74


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Date: 07/18/13 20:40
Re: Santa Fe Switchers
Author: 2720

I remember seeing photos of the 2301 switching
the depot in San Diego, California!!
Mike

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Date: 07/18/13 21:38
Re: Santa Fe Switchers
Author: JimBaker

The GE 70 Tonner with 'cowcatcher' pilot is a classic!

Thanks,

--Jim Baker

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Date: 07/19/13 17:14
Re: Santa Fe Switchers
Author: MP4093

Nice shots of the 2301. It is preserved, along with several other pieces, at the Temple Railroad & Heritage Museum in Temple Texas. See it here: http://www.rrhm.org/exhibits/rolling-stock/

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