06-16-2010, 10:32 AM
Gary S Wrote:Great photos! I hope this thread continues. What loco is that in the last pic? It looks like a CF7 from the front view, but I seem to remember from another thread about a SF mod to a GP9 or something? Also, notice the wood shims by the nose. For rerailing?
Gary, that one looks to be a Gp-7 with the "Topeka" cab. It lacks the deep "fish belly " frames of the CF-7. I can never remember the exact difference between the louvers on the battery boxes of the Gp-9 vs Gp-9, but if I remember correctly, the SF Gp-7's all had the tubular "pipe" stanchions whereas the Gp-9's all had the later style stamped stanchions.