Nostalgia & History > Warbonnet Wednesday

Of all the Santa Fe adaptations of the red warbonnet scheme to E, FT, F3, F7, PA, and a flock of newer freight units, I think the original (and ugliest) was "old No. 1."   It originated as a boxcab and, after some further development it was modified with an elevated cab to provide a little more safety for the crew.  It operated for years alongside the E-1s, E-3s, and E-6s.  I saw it many times on the KC - Ft. Worth line, usually on either the Kansas Cityan or the Ranger.  Someone on TO once accurately referred to her as an E6 after a bad head-on  collision.  It was either scrapped or converted to an E8M in the 1950's.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/03/22 07:47 by jdw3460.

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Built as 1A in Aug 1935, rebuilt in 1938 to #1 and then rebuilt to 83A in August 1953.
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Super historic photo!
Bob

Boy that thing is fugly, a pug-nosed dog looks better than that thing...

JG

Definitely not attractive, but that's a great little slice of history, and in color no less!

Andy