Nostalgia & History > F-Unit Friday

ARR 1508 Anchorage July, 1985 - My photo.
AT&SF 289C Denver January, 1973 My photo
BN 738 Auburn, WA  July 4, 1980 My photo.
 

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CB&Q 168A  Denver June 3, 1970 My Photo
CNW 219 St. Paul August 5, 1973 My Photo
CP 1410 Calgary September 10, 1978 My Photo.

 

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Milwwaukee 69C St. Paul August 4, 1973 My Photo.
MKT 79A Denver..  Forgot the date My photo,
Soo 213 A Minneapolis  August 5, 1973 My photo.

Ha det bra, I am going back to by cabin.
Sven
 

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Sweet post Sven!!!  Can never get enough F units!!  Love that first ARR shot.

Great stuff.  Notice in number 5 the ex N&W C628 on the left not yet painted in CNW colors.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/08/19 12:45 by stevelv.

Really interesting set.
Gary

Good stuff, Y..... I mean Sven. Who says you can't teach an old dog old tricks...

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Really NICE and enjoyable series!

Larry

Good catch on the CB&Q 168A.  This was the only Q F unit that made the BN merger, and would be retired in aither July or August of 1970.  Thanks for posting!

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

Yep, I diid notice the N&W C628 still in blue.   I got to see them in Blue, Dark Green, and Green&Yellow paint schemes, and got in trouble for always looking out the window of my school when I was supposed to be watching my studies and teacher.  Those were interesting times on the C&NW when they merged with the CGW and the M&StL.  Lots of bright colors.  My school looked across a large field to the tracks where the C&NW went over the Milwaukee Roads C&M main on a big diagonal truss bridge. Before those Alcos I watched the end of Milwaukee steam there too, and then the steam funeral trains.  What memories.  That was at Northbrook/Techny, Illinois.  The Milwaukee, the C&NW, and the ALCOs are long gone but the bridge is still there surounded by suburbia and factories.

Craig Hanson
Vay, Idaho