Is there a photograph of FA-1 SLSF 5200 repainted in the simplified paint scheme? Or was it repainted and or repowered to EMD?
FA-1 SLSF 5200 was re-powered with an EMD 567C 16 cylinder engine on 4/40/1956 and retired as a trade-in to EMD in February 1967. It is not clear if FA-1 SLSF 5200 was repainted in the simplified paint scheme. It is interesting to note that other Alco FA-1 units re-powered before and after FA-1 SLSF 5200 appear after re-powering in both original and repaint schemes.
I am working on updating and modifying an ABBA set of Proto FA-1 and FB-1 locos I snagged off e-bay some time ago. I am already working on the EMD swap details for the FA-1s, and I am expecting the FB-1s to have standard Alco details. I did not see anything in the archive about it and the diesel shop does not note that the FB-1 numbers I have were EMD swapped. I will be doing both FA-1s up with spark arrestors, as it seems most EMD prime movers got them eventually. But in the Archive, I have noticed the FA-1s switch between one headlight and two headlights, presumably with a mars in the lower light. What is up with that? Both numbers I have, FA-1 SLSF 5200 and FA-1 SLSF 5215, only appear in the Archive with single headlights, and are not on RRPictureArchive. Did some units get second headlights during their EMD conversions, or was it all of them?
