Nostalgia & History > a "luck of the draw" catch

It was October 29, 1968. I had driven my mom and aunt from Florida to Bloomington, IN for a family visit. I had the car for a day and among
other spots, I dropped by Terre Haute to look around. Now, I wish I had shot many more of this set of F's. PC 4360 (FP7) - PRR 1481 (PC number) - NYC 1775.
What are the chances to get three F's a PC and the two major roads that formed PC, mu ed up. The 1481 should be a PC number, but no patching
seen.

Keith A (ft)

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Nice one Keith!

A merger lashup..nice.

PRR renumbered many of their locomotives to the PC plan before the merger, no? BSB

You spent your time well, Keith. Sweet lash-up there! Thanks for sharing a 1960's memory.

FT Wrote:
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> It was October 29, 1968.

I dropped by Terre Haute to look around. Now, I wish I had shot many more of this
> set of F's. PC 4360 (FP7) - PRR 1481 (PC number) -
> NYC 1775.
> What are the chances to get three F's a PC and the
> two major roads that formed PC, mu ed up. The 1481
> should be a PC number, but no patching
> seen.

Yes. Even the FP7s was renumbered before the merger. Many of the former PRR FP7s lasted quite a while. But the PRR F7s didn't. The former NYC F7s lasted longer than the PRR ones.

Victor A. Baird
http://www.erstwhilepublications.com

BigSkyBlue Wrote:
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> A merger lashup..nice.
>
> PRR renumbered many of their locomotives to the PC
> plan before the merger, no? BSB

Great photo and a nice catch.
Gary

FT Wrote: > ... What are the chances to get three F's ...

I got off work in Laurel (MT) one morning back in the mid 90s. After yarding our train and getting the power back to the house I spotted a very interesting consist sitting in one of the holding tracks. This was when the Santa Fe/BN merger talks were hot & heavy, and UP made it's bogus feint toward acquiring the Santa Fe. There were 3 SD40-2s lashed up in perfect light left to right: UP on the west end pointed west, BN on the east end pointed east and Uncle John Santa Fe in the middle pointing toward the BN unit. It was a perfect visual story of the "tug-o-war" between UP & BN, ultimately won by the BN. Unfortunately I was deep in the middle of my infamous railfan hibernation. Not only was I not carrying my camera at the time, I would have had to run over to Billings to buy some Kodachrome. Sigh...

Lance/199



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Keith's comment: "Now, I wish I had shot many more of this set of F's." So do I :-)

Awesome catch!!! Thanks for sharing your luck.

An "A+" catch.
Bob

Your photo reminded me of something. When Bob? Reid published PC Rairoader and RailsNortheast, as a very young teenager I sent him a letter (probably along with my negs which were later destroyed in a flood in his basement).


Anyway, I commented that I really enjoyed the mix of paint schemes on the then Penn Central and how fun it was to model. But Bob was really a diehard Pennsy fan and by reading his comments or lack of comments, I got the impression he wasn't amused.

Victor A. Baird
http://www.erstwhilepublications.com

wabash2800 Wrote:
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> Many of the former PRR FP7s lasted quite a
> while. But the PRR F7s didn't.

> Victor A. Baird


What kept the FP7s around longer than the straight F7s? Greater fuel capacity?