EMD builder's photograph. Also came with the Texas Special picture. Edit 3/6/2024: Note the protective covers or rapping on the horn bells or trumpets, the radiator fan grills, the engine exhaust stacks and the domed steam generator vent grill. Location is the EMD plant at La Grange, IL. Added photograph narrative. MKD
Note the Nathan 5-chime horns verses the normal Frisco favorite Leslie 5-chimes. I wonder why the Frisco picked the Nathans for the FP7s verses their favorite Leslies? K
An observation I made a while back is that basically all the road units before the FP7As had the dual A200 single chime horns. The FP7As for some reason switched to these Nathan 5 chimes. If you look around on the Frisco Archive, you will find some units that received these horns in the 1950s. The Leslie 5 chimes did not start to show up until the 1960s.
