I received my Third Quarter 2021 issue of Diesel Era today. "DE" is one of my favorite railroad publications - I have every issue. This issue has a nice article dealing with the Union Pacific's high-hood U25Bs. I have only skimmed the article, which is well written. Looks like the UP had four GE demonstrators, UP 633-636, and twelve purchased units, UP 625-632, 637-640. Some good information in this article. One thing I noticed though, not even a brief mention of the Frisco high-hood U25Bs SLSF 800-803, purchased new, and SLSF 804-807, former demonstrators. One would think a fellow pioneer of the new GE U25B series would receive at least a brief mention of the eight Frisco units. So be it. K
Some authors may just go for the "low hanging fruit" and not put a whole lot of effort into researching a subject matter thoroughly, or may just pick a particular sub-group to represent.
That has happened several times with articles about early GEs Ken. The Frisco does not get mentioning credit unless it is a Frisco specific article it seems. The Union Pacific (UP) did not keep their U25B high hoods long. But in fairness several were involved in one derailment and wrecked. A couple did get built into road slugs and used by a couple western short lines. The car bodies were chopped down. The European looking steps removed for conventional steps. They did retain the unique fuel tanks, air reservoirs and horizontal lights though.
