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Washing one of the Santa Fe R.R. 54 hundred horse power diesel freight locomotives in the roundhouse, Argentine, Kansas. Argentine yard is at Kansas City, Kansas (LOC)

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  • John Ellis said:
    How sweet it is!
  • Stephanie Stout said:
    This EMD FT of Santa Fe's 100 class were the very first batch of road freight diesels delivered in 1941. AT&SF would eventually get 80 four unit sets of these first generation diesels and run them into the early to mid-1960's. During WWII these locos were used mainly from Winslow AZ to points west in order to reduce water consumption in the desert. They finished up their service in the less demanding Texas Gulf Coast where my grandfather was a Roadmaster in those days. Childhood memories! Notice the cream yellow color of what is now known as the "catwhisker" paint scheme. In the mid-1950's theis paint scheme was replaced by the "cigar band" scheme which had a darker chrome yellow. The Santa Fe really maintained their engines well including keeping them clean.
  • Kilted Cowboy said:
    #103 shown here was part of the first four sets of FT engines that ATSF purchased from EMD (General Motors) in January 1941. Units #100-104 each consisted of a cab lead engine, two cabless boosters and a trailing cab unit (an "LABC" configuration). A total of 320 FT units were acquired by August 1945. These were used primarily in CA and AZ resulting in total dieselization of "through" freight trains (Winslow, San Bernardino, Bakersfield) when this great photo was taken. After the war, the #103 set was moved to the Argentine-Corwith freight pool on the Illinois-Missouri division of the ATSF (KC-Chicago). #103 lasted until 1960-61 when it was traded back to EMD for a new road switcher. The early nose paint scheme shown here only existed on the #100-104 units. The red striping and SF shield were replaced by the classis yellow "cigar-band" used on all later blue FT/F3/F7 and ATSF passenger engines. www.shorpy.com/node/1747
  • ROBERT HUFFSTUTTER said:
    I do not recall these colors on the Santa Fe. Excellent photo, nonetheless and I like this early style of diesel.

That's some test run...

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Railway Children

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  • derangedlemur said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIE_501_Class
  • Paddywhack56 said:
    Walker Bros (Wigan) railcar in the background similar to those used on the Co Donegal Railway. Four of these were bought in 1951 (numbered 286-9) according to H.C. Casserley's Outline of Irish Railway History.
  • derangedlemur said:
    Is the location wrong on this one? Ennis station is in the middle of nowhere and the station building itself doesn't match the roofline visible on the left.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    derangedlemur I'm not convinced it's Ennis either. The only possibility I see is here on the GeoHive 25", which is now an ESB yard.. But that two storey building with all the chimney pots doesn't fit.
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Is it not the buillding in this photo on the left middle.