Nostalgia & History > Another CF7

Railway Service Contractors Inc. (MJRX) rebuilt EMD CF7 201 built Sept. 1949 as AT&SF F7A 221C seen in Pickering, IA May 8, 2010.  Bill Kuba photo, Iowa Chapter NRHS Collection



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/05/25 21:03 by MartyBernard.

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Sheesh , gotta be a contender for one of Americas ugliest.

I ran these junkers out of Fresno, Ca. early 80's. Half the brake shoes were removed so it was hard to stop when flat switching cars. The exhaust came in the cab  running down the main line. We had to do the Casey Jones thing hanging our heads out the window to get fresh air. My RFE rode one grip and agreed and told the Div. Supt. to be them off the main line. ATSF bragged that it only cost them $10,000.00 each to build these things. You gets what you pay for.

Gordon1950 Wrote:
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> I ran these junkers out of Fresno, Ca. early 80's.
> Half the brake shoes were removed so it was hard
> to stop when flat switching cars. The exhaust came
> in the cab  running down the main line. We had to
> do the Casey Jones thing hanging our heads out the
> window to get fresh air. My RFE rode one grip and
> agreed and told the Div. Supt. to be them off the
> main line. ATSF bragged that it only cost them
> $10,000.00 each to build these things. You gets
> what you pay for.

ATSF got what they wanted out of them, 10 to 15 years of service. That's all they cared about.