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Nostalgia & History > Ford locomotive 1944 The Rouge PlantDate: 09/14/14 13:16 Ford locomotive 1944 The Rouge Plant Author: professor Here is a scanned photo of Ford locomotive 1001, taken at The Rouge Plant, 1944. Note the chrome grilles and handholds. I found this in the book, "The Ford Road, 75th Anniversary, Ford Motor Company, 1903-1978". This book was published in 1978.
 Date: 09/14/14 15:05 Re: Ford locomotive 1944 The Rouge Plant Author: Evan_Werkema Except for the most modern versions, GE centercabs typically don't have model designations. Fans tend to identify them by their weight, and according to Diesel Locomotives: The First 50 Years, Ford 1000-1001 are 125 tons and the others are 132 tons. One of the latter, 1006, is preserved at the Lake Shore Railway Museum in Northeast, PA as WA&G 1700:
http://lakeshorerailway.com/rolling-stock-of-lsrhs/ Date: 09/14/14 15:11 Re: Ford locomotive 1944 The Rouge Plant Author: lwilton I thought I'd see if I could do anything to try to hide the water damage on the top of the picture without being TOO obvious about it.
 Date: 09/14/14 15:15 Re: Ford locomotive 1944 The Rouge Plant Author: CrudPunko Classy unit! Nice job on the sprucing up of the photo. Was that scanned from a amagazine?
Date: 09/14/14 15:41 Re: Ford locomotive 1944 The Rouge Plant Author: wabash2800 Congratulations, you've violated a copyright still in effect.
Date: 09/14/14 17:21 Re: Ford locomotive 1944 The Rouge Plant Author: doesyourdogbite Appears to be some Ford maritime action in the background as well.
Date: 09/15/14 08:31 Re: Ford locomotive 1944 The Rouge Plant Author: YG |