Another example of a GP-7 with dynamic brakes.
Heading a freight was this little rarity.
On rare occasions one could get permission to visit the yard even in days when only FEC was paranoid.
New and short-lived, as least as D&S, "Bull Durham 3" is down for the weekend in atrocious weather.
While sister RS-1 did the switching this old pony rested in a scene that looked more like Poverty Flats than Sacramento.
That looks like a waterbag slung on to the handbrake as this little gem switches the tiny industrial park yard.
This little railroad is now long gone. When we visited the only other unit was an RS-1.
This is a study in spartan functionality and homebuilt uniqueness.
These were the common head end power on trains those days. They could make aroar that belied their mere 2000 HP.
Here it is, warts & all, as they say. As I recall this was the only F in the whole place.
Living proof that with some classification lights, number boards etc. a 70-tonner could be made to look like a railroad locomotive.
By the way, love those marker lights!
This was just a place we more or less stumbled onto, unfortunatley no one was around and nothing moving. Not really sure what purpose they served.
This was a great little operation, known locally as the "B&A", not BAR. I believe these are referred to by the rivet counters as Phase II F-3s.
