Did any Frisco GP7s make it to the CNW wearing black and yellow? Or, were they all red and white by then. TIA, John M
John - I've seen pics of at least four Frisco GP7's that were in service on the C&NW still wearing their black and yellow garb: SLSF 509, 533, 573, 586. There may have been more. The C&NW simply sprayed a black patch over the Frisco name and road number, then applied a small CNW and a new road number in the same locations, and changed the number boards to the new number. Ken
John - I found a pic of a former Frisco black/yellow GP7 in C&NW service. This was SLSF 509. FYI. Ugh! Ken
That's all in your state of mind. I grew up just west of Chicago in CNW country, then spent 4 years in Atmore Alabama, then moved to Sherman, TX in '77. So, what better place for an ex-Frisco unit to turn up, than in my ol' stompin' grounds !!
I know this is an old thread, but check out this interesting engine and its in service conversion appearance, photo taken at Reinbeck Iowa. Would be a cool project for some of you master modelers on here !
Wow thats quite a photo. I like it. Just not sure I could bring myself to desecrate (hand over heart ) a Frisco GP7 like that. What a testimony to the enduring quality of those old GP7's huh? I can practically see every cut and weld on it. Not saying I wouldn't do it, just not mine LOL, well, not tonight.
Yeah Tom, its a pretty rare catch being half finished and out on the road, like you say some of these old geeps did have a very long life. Here is the same engine again in 1989. Don't know when it was retired but the CNW site does not show it on the roster in 95 when UP took over.
