A-A rolling by Knightsen…
A-B-B-? exiting tunnel (Raton? Tehachapi?)
A-B-A in high country…
A-A on Del Mar Hill passing the Del Mar Hotel…
A-A somewhere in California in an area that is probably all houses today…
A under the lights…
A-A in front of an F-7 at Los Angeles Union Depot…
Just for fun, a couple of the other Warbonnet classics…
E1A (a little help on this one?)…
F7 A-B-A-B at Dearborn Station in Chicago…
The E1A is one of AT&SF’s four E6As (12-15). The most visible difference from an E1A is the upper headlight housing. E3A 11 was nearly identical to an E6A. B units were 12A, 13A and 15A (and E3B 11A).
The E1A is one of AT&SF’s four E6As (12-15). The most visible difference from an E1A is the upper headlight housing (an E1A’s headlight doesn’t have a housing). E3A 11 was nearly identical to an E6A. B units were 12A, 13A and 15A (and E3B 11A).
E1 - without any head light housing
kgbw49:
The picture after the Del Mar shot looks to be just south of the Encina power station in Carlsbad - now home to the largest desal plant in the US.
The 201-powered E’s (EA, E1, E2) also had a curved window behind the cab door. E3’s and E6’s were virtually indistinguishable.
Better days in the past
I don’t know how much better. That photo is near the IHB/ATSF interchange at McCook and Pielet Brothers’ scrapyard is about a half-mile away.
The loco’s better days had passed into history when the picture was taken.
Here is the Carlsbad Desalination Plant, right next to the former ATSF San Diego line…
PA on a stub track in Fort Worth…
Meet in Fort Worth…
A-B-A on Raton Pass…
A-B-A close up at Morley, CO…
E1A with a dapper hogger…
2-8-8-2 ex N&W Y3 leading E6A-E6B combo over Raton Pass…
Erie-Built A-B-A set in what looks to be Clovis, NM…
Erie-Built A-B-A out on the high iron…
DL109…
A-A hauling a reefer block at Waynoka, OK…
A-A-A-A - Amarillo by morning…
A-A outrunning the camera shutter speed…
A-B-A Fogg’s Finest?..
A-A passing a Southern Pacific passenger train in the hole…
A-B at Bakersfield CA wih 4-6-4 3450…
A-A tight squeeze…
A-B Texas Chief…
A in PA advertisement…
A-B-A at Littleton CO…
The set at Amarillo is probably on the “San Francisco Chief”, the consist includes some Hi-Level coaches.
Tucked behind the Hi-Levels is the Great Dome, making it the SF Chief for sure.
ATSF PA 65 top down at Kansas City MO…
ATSF PA 58 at Fort Worth TX…
ATSF PA 53 in what looks to be some sort of celebratory version of the Warbonnet…it doesn’t appear to be a photoshop job…
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It’s a shame the PA’s didn’t live up to ALCO’s expectations, but wow, did they look good!
I: I still say that properly maintained, tbey did live up to their promise. Until McGinnis and Alpert, the New Haven ran the pants off them, passenger by day and freight by night. I deeply respect EMD, the reliability of its products, and its excellent service organization, but Alco’s did have their advantages. The GE traction motors in the DC days were less likely to roast than EMD’s.
Somebody ought to post some NYNH&H PA pics, also the ex-AT&SF’s on the D&H.
That’s interesting David, I knew the New Haven ran their ALCO DL-109’s “passengers by day, freight by night,” but I didn’t think they did it with the PA’s as well.
It is true the NH did get very good service out of all the ALCO products they bought. Maybe they just understood them better than the other railroads did?
You can say that with a straight face, knowing what happened the first time the DL109s went over Raton?
Street car motors. (I remove some other verbiage since this is nominally a family forum)
Later, yes, I think a 752 was superior to one of EMD’s. But still not up to Hexapole grade…
Your Los Angeles River photo is actually near Argentine Yard in the Kansas City area.
Santa Fe’s DL107/DL108 made only the one trip over Raton. The GE 730 “street car” traction motors were replaced by Santa Fe toward the end of WW2 with the much more robust GE 726 traction motors. The GE 726 was the immediate predecessor of the famous GE 752 traction motor.