Russell's photos inspired me to figure out how to scan my slides off my flat bed scanner. (I love cowl and cab units). I'm not pleased with the sharpness of these. I figured out how to improve them.-edited-03-29-04. ATSF 92 in WB BNSF stack train climbing Curtis hill toward Curtis OK.(any relation Alan?) 10/24/96. Well these next three are shot from a cowl unit. ATSF 510 leads a WB BNSF TOFC on the Panhandle sub somewhere near Pampa Tx. Shot from Q SBBH3-30. (12/01/96). ATSF 5142 leads WB autorack. (12/01/96). Starting the trip pulling out of Amarillo TX. (12/01/96). [ 24. May 2004, 11:22: Message edited by: Don Rickle ]
Love the cab shots. It's great to see them even if you aren't happy with them yet, I'm a cowl fan too....
As long as we are on a cowl kick here are two of the FP45s after they removed the steam generators and renumbered them.
All I have, is a flatbed scanner. No slide adaptor. If anyone can come up with a way for me to cobble together something so I could scan my stuff........??? Suggestions? Don- Let us know what you come with! Boxcab E50
Boxcab actually I'm using an adaptor. I just never bothered to try it out. Sorry to mislead you, my post sounds like I rigged a shoe box up or something to make it work.
OK. Maybe you can tell me a little about the adaptor? Meanwhile, looking forward to seeing what else you scan! Boxcab E50
Boxcab, the adaptor came with the scanner. Its a HP scanjet 5470c. The adaptor fits over the entire flat bed glass. There is a section of the adaptor in which the slides are placed. The adaptor emits its own light source to illuminate the slides. The difference between scanning prints vs. slides is the light shines down from the adaptor into the glass illuminating the slides. When prints are scanned the light is projected upward from under the glass. The slides need a little more "tweaking" with getting the right scale, exposure, and resolution.
Russell, when did they take the steam generators out and renumber them? Was it the late 80's when Haverty introduced the "Super Fleet" or earlier?
They got renumbered a lot! This site has the details: http://members.aol.com/JFuhrtrain/FP45data.htm They were originally FP45's #101-108, in red & silver (small black Santa Fe lettering, like F units) March 1970 they got renumbered out of the Passenger series as Amtrak was formed, so they became #5940-5948, steam generators would have started to go from here AFAIK... They were rebuilt to become SDFP45's and got numbered #5990-5998 (not 5994 which had been wrecked as 5944) They then got Super Fleet red & silver (big red Santa Fe) and renumbered #100-107 (this was their original number series, but they were *not* numbered in the original order with these numbers! ) When they ordered the GP60M's, they were renumbered back to the 599x series, back in the original order. Then they were renumbered again to the #90 to #98 in original order again. Whew. Just a few variations there!
Thanks Martyn. I do remember when that couple were numbered 100-101 just before the GP60Ms came out. The new GP60Ms soon took that number slot. I caught #118 when she was the pride of the fleet at Dahinda IL on October 20, 1990. The GP60Ms are really beat up now. [ 24. May 2004, 11:24: Message edited by: Don Rickle ]
It's nice to see them like that, with bright red paint, not the "pink" they have ended up in today, not to mention the orange air conditioners on the GE's!
Glad to see them Kevin. I don't think I was ever fortunate enough to shoot the F's on the point of a train (I didn't take a pic of the above unit from which I shot passing trains). A little while after those cab shots were taken BNSF produced a general order restricting the F's to trailing position only. Probably thought it was a safety issue having crews haul their bags up the awkward ladders into the cab.
how long were they in the 5000 class between being in the 100s and the 90s? I don't ever remember seeing them like that personally or in photo/videos. Also, some of those 60Ms, even the ones still in Warbonnet are being well looked after. As a matter of fact, they are generally looking better then the GEs in Warbonnet.
Ah, cowls! I love them, too! I took this shot of Santa Fe FP45 #5998 in San Francisco for a "Transporation Festival" or something in the mid '90s; I like cowls enough to include one on my old HO scale layout many years ago: Now, if the only made one in N scale...
I found this shot deep in my pile. MRM must have been a leasing outfit. They painted out the Santa Fe on the side but kept the number. And then there was this engine. I think it must be a GP-7 or 9 but can't find the number listed in my old roster. Looks kind of weird with the high fans.
Taken during an ATSF open house in San Bernardino, Ca back in the early 80's, when the railroad seemed alot more fan friendly then they do now.
There is at least one FP45 stuffed & mounted at a museum in Oklahoma City- it's in the Warbonnet red, but I can't remember the number (92???) So at least one has escaped the scrapper's torch.
I think most of the Santa Fe FP's are still in existence, of the 9 units built two were wrecked, one was sold to Wisconsin Central and was then sold on by CN (anyone know what happenned to that one) and the remainder were donated to various museums and collections by BNSF. (couple of corrections made)
