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Nostalgia & History > F-unit Friday: Rio Grande @ PriceDate: 04/26/24 04:56 F-unit Friday: Rio Grande @ Price Author: santafe199 After a bit of an absence, Mr Emil Albrecht returns to the TO scene with this nice look at the Rio Grande. Price, Utah. 1969. Enjoy...
1. D&RGW 5731 in command of a freight manifest near Price, UT on August 23, 1969. Original Kodachrome slide by Emil Albrecht, from the late James W. Watson collection. Thanks for looking back! Lance Garrels santafe199 Remembering the late Emil Albrecht  Date: 04/26/24 06:00 Re: F-unit Friday: Rio Grande @ Price Author: SPDRGWfan Great photo but I wonder about the date. I've reviewed a lot of photo's and thought there were no F units left in 4-stripe paint by this late date?
Date: 04/26/24 06:18 Re: F-unit Friday: Rio Grande @ Price Author: santafe199 SPDRGWfan Wrote: > ... I wonder about the date ...
You're probably right. But I can only go with what's on the slide. I try pretty hard to get the scanned info straight. In the "mass production" process I'm forced to use, transposing a wrong item will happen from time to time. And on rare occasions I've discovered that an information item on a given slide will be an impossibility. It happens to all of us... Lance Date: 04/26/24 07:32 Re: F-unit Friday: Rio Grande @ Price Author: valmont Maybe some help with dates ... check the last F uniit (rear facing) ... it's hard to see but it had stripes
I posted this photo on this Board on 4/1/24 I took the photo on 3/1/69 Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 04/26/24 07:53 by valmont.  Date: 04/26/24 08:20 Re: F-unit Friday: Rio Grande @ Price Author: santafe199 valmont Wrote: > ... I took the photo on 3/1/69 ...
So Emil's date could be correct. Nothing surprises me because there always seems to be an exception to every rule. One thing (of many) I learned during my RR career. If there's one thing etched in stone it's this: "There is absolutely NOTHING etched in stone in the RR industry!!!" ' ;^) Lance Date: 04/26/24 09:59 Re: F-unit Friday: Rio Grande @ Price Author: jgilmore Covered wagons, TOFC and fast freight, what's not to like...
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