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Date: 01/14/21 13:12
Yellow bonnet gator in the fog
Author: ssloansjca

Tuesday, October 22, 1974, was foggy in San Bernardino, California. On this day I found nine Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) RSD15s in a dead line in the B-yard. ATSF 9841 is one of two yellow bonnet DL600Bs were like bookends for seven pinstripe sisters in between.
ATSF 9841 is an ALCo RSD15/DL600B. Reportedly: ATSF 9841 was built by ALCo in 1960 as ATSF 841 RSD15 serial number 83577. In 1969 it was renumbered 9841. It was repainted in 1972. It was retired in 1975 and sold. Other roadnames and numbers associated with this locomotive are LSI 2402, FRVR 2407, GBW 2407. It went to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union IL.

I hope you enjoy this photo.

Steve Sloan
San José, CA

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Date: 01/14/21 13:39
Re: Yellow bonnet gator in the fog
Author: texchief1

Nice shot, Steve!  That is a lot of yellow.

RC Lundgren

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Date: 01/14/21 14:08
Re: Yellow bonnet gator in the fog
Author: ssloansjca

Thanks, yes it is!

Steve

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Date: 01/14/21 14:26
Re: Yellow bonnet gator in the fog
Author: callum_out

And they were still running at the end of 1973, didn't last much longer on the road but sure were great looking
later running in the Upper Peninsula on the LS&I

Out

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Date: 01/14/21 14:33
Re: Yellow bonnet gator in the fog
Author: SPMW5771

Just curious, any specific reason they had the long nose? Very distinctive.....

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Date: 01/14/21 17:30
Re: Yellow bonnet gator in the fog
Author: GPutz

It was in interesting company, IRM, Union, IL, 7/11/04,  Gerry

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