Re: [CBQ] GN F's and CB&Q Power on Freight in 1968

["Tom Mack via Groups.Io" <thommack=yahoo.com@groups.io>]

On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 02:19 PM, Karl L Rethwisch wrote:
> GN F's were regular power on trains 97 and 88 in the early 60's. 
Karl,

The early 60's GN F-unit leases are pretty well documented, but ended before my modeling period which is 1965-merger (but skews toward the late 1960's). That is what was so exciting about seeing the GN A-B-A set in 1968. There is a photo of a GN F unit being traded in to EMD in a locomotive consist at the Daytons Bluff engine facility, but it is unclear of whether it would be the lead or trailing unit. It's not on a train. I had assumed the A-B-A set was also trade-in fodder, but confirming the 454D number on the lead unit confirms that this wasn't the case since it didn't go to EMD until 1970. Really cool to see the consist.

While I am sure more GN equipment ran the Q in the late 1960's, so far I can only photographically confirm two instances: This F7A-B-A set, and a shot on RR Picture Archives of a freight at Savanna in 1968 where the trailing unit is a GN U28B: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2819786

If anyone has any other photos they know of I'd like to see them.
 
-- 
Tom Mack
Cincinnati, OH

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