Nostalgia & History > Warbonnet Wednesday - FP45s at Walong

Although under overcast skies, I was fortunate to catch three of the somewhat recently repainted warbonnet FP45s, the 103, 107 & 105 on the point of the eastbound 928 train at Walong (Tehachapi Loop) on 4-18-90.

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Great pair!  

texchief1

Very nice!
Bryan

From the days of our Loop reunions?

That set looks good in any weather.

Bob

Nice catch on the 107.  The last FP45 repainted into Super Fleet red and silver in February 1990, it only carried that number for about three months before being renumbered 95.

Awesome!

Steve Sloan
San Jose, CA

Evan_Werkema Wrote:
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> Nice catch on the 107.  The last FP45 repainted
> into Super Fleet red and silver in February 1990,
> it only carried that number for about three months
> before being renumbered 95.

You mean 97, all the FP45s went to the 90s numbering when The GP60Ms showed up!

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ProAmtrak Wrote:

> You mean 97

No, I mean 95.  When the FP45's were repainted in Super Fleet red and silver and renumbered from the 5990's into the 100's, they weren't renumbered in sequence, and only the 5990 got its as-built, 100-series number back.  The renumbering came out like this:

5990 became 100
5991 became 104
5992 became 101
5993 became 106
5995 became 107
5996 became 103
5997 became 105
5998 became 102

In late April 1990 and early May 1990, when the GP60M's were about to show up as the new 100-series, Santa Fe briefly renumbered all but two of the FP45's back into the 5990's in their original sequence for about a month, then changed the number series again to the 90-class, with the units in their as-delivered order.  So 5995 became Super Fleet 107, then briefly back to 5995, and finally to 95. 

Below is a photo I took of the 95 at the museum in Barstow, CA.  From this angle, you can see the outline of the 100-series number underneath the paint patch for the 90-series number, and that number is 107:

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