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Eastern Railroad Discussion > What are the odds?Date: 11/18/22 18:56 What are the odds? Author: srman I started train photography in the early eighties. I can literally count on one finger how many times that I've shot a GP7 leading a train on a mainline freight. That was March 31,1987 after a freak early spring snow storm had left its blanket on the Louisville Ky. area. A northbound CSX train was in east Louisville heading for Cincinnati with GP7 2302 up front. That was an unusual catch this late in the game. Fast forward thirty-five and a half years later on October 29th I'm in Nashville Tennessee. The Tennessee Central is about to run its autumn leaf special east with L&N GP7 405 on one end and a F7A on the other end. Posted earlier. Now it didn't occur to me until later that L&N 405 and SBD 2302 were one in the same. L&N 405 became SBD 2302 and then back to its original scheme and number. What are the odds?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/18/22 19:51 by srman. Date: 11/18/22 19:06 Re: What are the odds? Author: refarkas First-class photos - Wonderful backstory.
Bob Date: 11/18/22 19:20 Re: What are the odds? Author: Notch7 Great pictures of a great engine. I often watch the YouTube video of the 405's Gyralight at night. The gray FL and SBD schemes look good in the snow. I kinda understand "what are the odds". The first set of engines I ever ran contained the SCL 610 - a SDP35. Recently on here, pics of a L&N SDP35 were posted, mentioning it was ex-SAL. I thought -"can't be the same engine". It was the same engine.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/18/22 19:21 by Notch7. Date: 11/19/22 03:43 Re: What are the odds? Author: jmbreitigan 405 looks beautiful in its L&N livery.
Date: 11/19/22 08:36 Re: What are the odds? Author: cabsignaldrop Great pictures!
Posted from Android Date: 11/19/22 18:59 Re: What are the odds? Author: RetiredHogger Nice pics. As someone that ran GP7s, I do have to confess the first thing that came to my mind was, "I wonder how the heater was in that thing?"
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