Nostalgia & History > Texas Southern (Same as The Texan?)

Under a stormy San Antonio sky, the USS F7's
are about to undergo the transformation.

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Out the other end of the San Antonio shops
witness Texas Southern #100

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And a few months later Texas Southern A-B-A set of F's
depart Dallas Union Terminal, southbound. Unfortunately
I was a stupid kid when I took these and didn't pay any
attention to where this might be going, nor did I bother
to date the photos, plus I was using an Instamatic with
print film. I suppose these were about 1980 at best guess.....

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What happened to those F7s? They aren't still in that paint scheme are they? Are these the ones that got painted yellow/silver and letterd Texas Southern?

The Texas Limited F-units are former SP units. See...

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,874720,875104#msg-875104

104 seems to still be in Texas and owned by Trans Texas Rail. Couldn't find much more info than that. 100 and the B-unit are shown to be on the Carrizo Gorge Railway in Campo Ca.

http://www.trainweb.org/rosters/CZRY.html

http://www.carrizogorgerailway.com/Html%20Pages/Home.html

104 - TS F7A Trans Texas Rail San Antonio TX Display 17910 blt 2/53 ex TT 104, ex TS 104, ex USS 726A, nee B&LE 726A

100 - WCRR F7A Washington Central Renton WA Stored 16595 blt 6/52 ex TT 100, ex TS 100, ex USS 723A, nee B&LE 723A

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=57517

ArgyleEagle Wrote:
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> And a few months later Texas Southern A-B-A set of
> F's
> depart Dallas Union Terminal, southbound.
> Unfortunately
> I was a stupid kid when I took these and didn't
> pay any
> attention to where this might be going, nor did I
> bother
> to date the photos, plus I was using an Instamatic
> with
> print film. I suppose these were about 1980 at
> best guess.....

1987.

Bob