Congrats Joe, for Photo of the Day

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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Joe, congratulations for photo of the day!! That is a great shot.[bow][bow]

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So,
How many GEs that are as old as this girl do you see still plugging away at the hard work?

Ya gotta respect the folks that can build and maintain a machine like that.

And Joe got a really good photo of her doing just what she was built to do…work hard.

Congrats, Joe!

Ed

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Good to see your foto, Joe.

Yesh Shir, yesh shir.

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Call me an idiot, but where is this photo of the day?

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thanks everyone.I try to get Eds favorite engine when i can[:)]
stay safe
joe

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Idiot!

Trains.com front page.

Jay

(Sorry Chad, just following your instructions.)[}:)][}:)][}:)][:)]

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Chad
On the other hand, someone who is chooses to work and live in San Diego might be considered a genius.

Joe
Nice shot. Brings me back to the first half of my life.

Jay

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Jay, I’m not sure that’s a compliment or not. But when I can have an outdoor barbeque in my shorts in January it makes it easy to take insults about where I live. [;)] [8D]

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ct
it’s a complement and I am jealous about the January stuff.

Jay

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Joe - nice shot!!!

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Thanks Joe for a shot of an oldie still going strong! [:)] [;)]
Paula, [;)] [:)] thanks to you too for alerting us, I don’t always remember to check Photo of the Day!
I didn’t realize that there were some GP7s with a low nose…any other roads had low nose GP7s?

Dave [:)]

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Dave,

The locomotive in question was built with a high nose, as were all GP7s (I think). It was rebuilt by the Santa Fe workshops at Topeka with a low nose and a higher cab roof of different shape to allow the fitting of an air conditioner.

The first GP with a low nose was built for an industrial line. I think it was a GP9, but it may have been a late GP7. SP did get GP9s with low noses, and some GP18s had low noses. Santa Fe got all of its GP20s with low noses, and it was standard after that.

Peter

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Congratulations Joe,on a FINE picture.
Now that’s a diesel engine,especially to have lasted this long.[:D]

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Thanks Peter - looks like low noses became popular rather quickly…I can imagine improved visibilty would be a plus.

Dave

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Peter,
That’s a Cleburne cab, same plan as the CF7 cab.
I have been inside one of these; it is labeled as built at the Cleburne shop.

Mudchicken can clue us in as to the why the GP cab and nose were chopped.
My bet is wreck damage on some, and a rebuild program for others, like the CF7 plan.

Ed

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Great Shot Joe.
Great to see something like that still going strong.

Brian (KY)

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Ed

At least one of my references calls it a Topeka Cab. Certainly it is the same shape as most of the CF7 cabs, once they stopped using the original F7 roof shape, and they may well have been done in Cleburne. There was an organised rebuild program, like the CF7 program. I’ll check and get back to you.

Peter

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Peter,
At least these look loke locomotives!
The CF7s are, well, just flat ugly!

I did some diging, and your right, it is called a Topeka cab…
But the one I was in had a little sticker inside the cab, thats said
Proudly built at Clebern Shops, Texas…
guess they did more than the CF7 rebuilds there…
Ed