Cotton Belt Unit in 2010

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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This past Sunday I headed up to Van Nuys to try and catch the detouring freight, and to my pleasant surprise found this St. Louis Southwestern GP40M-2, with its Cotton Belt number intact, running the Day Bud switching Gemco Yard.

First image is of the train being watched by a fellow ferroequinologist who brought his own chair to the festivities. (If this person is some one on the list, I didn’t even realize that I’d photographed you until I was editing my shots… but then really liked the way it turned out).

http://freericks.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1966512

Second image is a close-up roster shot of the SSW GP40M-2. Long may she live in this paint.

http://freericks.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1966513

Third image is of her making her final shove, sorting a lone autorack, prior to getting put away for the day.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=316104

Thanks for looking and corrections are welcome.

Charles (Cotton Belt) Freericks

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http://freericks.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1966512

http://freericks.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1966513

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=316104

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Awesome catch E.L.! This indeed may be the last time any of us will see the unit in the original CB scheme!

Justin

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It is nice to see an unpatched SSW, SP, or DRGW locomotive. I think it has been over two years since I have seen one.

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Charles

Thanks for showing us a very nice picture of a locomotive from many years ago, and still operating.

CZ