10-12-2011, 11:34 AM
Here is a CF7 in local service at Torrance, CA on the Harbor District south of Los Angeles in 1981. CF7s were pretty common in the area, especially on the Harbor District switching aerospace companies, at that time, so they would be perfectly appropriate for the area.
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The GP7s would have been rebuilt with new cabs, looking very much like CF7s, by that time. However, it's worth pointing out that even when they were new, the Santa Fe used GP20s, GP30s, and GP35s in switching and local service out west. I was surprised to see this on the trip I took moving out here in 1968, but there you are.
By the 1980s, the Santa Fe used GP20us, GP30us, GP35us, U23Bs, and B23-7s interchangeably on locals in the Los Angeles area.
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The GP7s would have been rebuilt with new cabs, looking very much like CF7s, by that time. However, it's worth pointing out that even when they were new, the Santa Fe used GP20s, GP30s, and GP35s in switching and local service out west. I was surprised to see this on the trip I took moving out here in 1968, but there you are.
By the 1980s, the Santa Fe used GP20us, GP30us, GP35us, U23Bs, and B23-7s interchangeably on locals in the Los Angeles area.