SW9 SLSF 313 I am not sure of this switch engine's number. I took this in 1979 with a Kodak Instamatic. This was the only switch engine I had ever seen in Chaffee. I can barely remember the AT&N RS-1s, I do remember the GP7s but never do I recall any switch engines except for this one. Edit 6/11/09 from klrwhizkid: Using my best graphic software, I was able to determine this is SW7 303. Edit 2/18/2024: This is SW9 313. Note the raised multiple unit crossover step, raised end handrails, wedge shaped headlight with the lower sealed beam lamp blanked out and no upper engine compartment ventilation louvers. MKD
Does anyone know a date for the repaint of SLSF 313 to the Mandarin orange and white color scheme? Atlas-O is planning to release Frisco SW9s SLSF 309 and SLSF 313 in Mandarin orange and white this early Spring of 2008. I have been asked by a few when the repaint occurred, as the above picture shows it still in black and yellow as of 1977.
Please see the following link for a view of SW9 SLSF 313. http://www.flickr.com/photos/46606605@N06/4315004130/sizes/l/ The locomotives are working Lindenwood Yard. Coupled to SLSF 313 is SLSF 310. Both locomotives are painted in the yellow and black paint scheme with simplified striping pattern. The 313 has even lost all of its sill stripes in front of the cab. Some details of note in this view include the front headlight with a blanked lower lamp lens, the front multiple unit (MU) drop step in the upright position, pilot foot boards, the "Save Fuel" sticker on the side sill above the fuel filler and the folded canvas shade above the left cab window. On the cab roof details include the amber beacon lamp, a whip type antenna and former induction radio loop antenna mounts (the vertical Y shaped brackets). This type antenna had a vertical large dinner plate size disk that was mounted in the brackets. The second locomotive, SLSF 310, has a "nail" type radio antenna, amber beacon lamp and blanked rear headlight lower lamp lens. Just visible on the far right of the photo is an all weather enclosure over the engineer's window. The photograph is dated 11/5/1976. Hope this helps. Thanks! Mark
For you trivia buffs, and nothing whatsoever to do with the Frisco. Q: What was Donald Duck's auto license plate number? Answer: 313! Tom
