F7A SLSF 5022

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  1. qaprr

    qaprr Guest

    F7A SLSF 5022 (SLSF 22)

    F7A SLSF 5022 (SLSF 22) and consist on the ready track at Amory, MS, 1962.

    This was probably the power for the Mobile freight train.

    Note the Hooker Chemical tank car on the second track to the right. This car will move on the Whitbury Turn.

    Postcard photograph by William B. Gwaltney.
     

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  2. Here is a postcard of F7A SLSF 5022.

    FM
     

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  3. Karl

    Karl 2008 Engineer of the Year Frisco.org Supporter

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  4. meteor910

    meteor910 2009 Engineer of the Year Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    F7A SLSF 5022 (SLSF 22), EMD, 1500 HP
    F7A SLSF 5033 (SLSF 33), EMD, 1500 HP
    F7A SLSF 5034 (SLSF 34), EMD, 1500 HP

    Attached are the three Frisco F7A pics that are in my "Enid" negative collection.

    Three old warriors that each served long and well.

    Note the details that are just so much fun to add to your models, the speed recorder cable on the front truck, the rotary beacon on the cab roof, the "nail" radio antenna on the cab roof, the brake and multiple unit hoses, the lifting-type spark arrestors, and the various grab irons and lifting rings.

    Also, even though the forward facing horn was switched to a 5-forward Leslie Tyfon, the other horn remained a single rear facing Leslie.

    Note also that the nose herald was mounted much lower on SLSF 5033 (33) than on the other two.

    Why was this done?

    Ken
     

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  5. w3hodoug (Doug Hughes RIP 03/24/2021)

    w3hodoug (Doug Hughes RIP 03/24/2021) 2008 Engineer of the Year Frisco.org Supporter

    Even plain Jane F7As looked good in Frisco Mandarin orange and white.
     
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  6. Coonskin

    Coonskin Member

    Yup, they look good in mandarin orange and white.

    But they look AWESOME in black and yellow! :D

    Andre Ming
     
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  7. Iantha_Branch

    Iantha_Branch Member

    Thanks for posting these pictures.

    Now maybe I can repaint my F units, again, and make them look better.
     
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  8. Vinny22

    Vinny22 Member

    I am painting a pair of Athearn F7s, one A and one B unit.

    I am interested in the original headlights. I know from pictures there were two on the A units. The upper and one in the door.

    Does anyone know what the lighting configuration of these two lights?
     
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  9. gstout

    gstout Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Like this?

    GS

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  10. geep07

    geep07 Member

    The lower twin sealed beam light in the door is the headlight.

    The upper light in nose is an oscillating gyralite.
     
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  11. Iantha_Branch

    Iantha_Branch Member

    All of the EMD F units were delivered with a single high headlight.

    The FP7As quickly received the dual light package.

    The two F3As that were rebuilt into F9As also received the dual light package.

    Beyond that, I can find 1 F3A and 1 F7A that received the extra lighting.

    http://frisco.org/mainline/wp-conte...sas-date-unknown-Mac-Owen-Blackhawk-Films.jpg

    I would make unit F7A SLSF 5021, later renumbered SLSF 21, the subject of your painting project if your Athearn shell came equipped with a dual headlight.
     
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  12. klrwhizkid

    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Actually, the upper light is a Mars light.

    The light had a mechanism that would make the light oscillate in a figure eight or triple figure eight motion.

    A Pyle National Gyralite would oscillate in an elliptical or circular motion.
     
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  13. frisco1522

    frisco1522 Staff Member Staff Member

    My Dad told me about a black laborer at Lindenwood who called that a "loose eyeball".
     
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