There is one at the station in Barstow and one at the Illinois Railroad museum. I remember seeing a website recently that listed the dispositions of them, but I can't find it.
Martyn what was/are the numbers for the FP45's on the ATSF? I am terrible at spotting features...maybe I might have a pic in my drawer somewhere I can share.
Check the first page of posts in this thread for a rundown of numbers, they have carried many numbers over their career! This site also has the info and a paint scheme history of each unit. Very useful if you're a modeller. http://members.aol.com/JFuhrtrain/FP45data.htm This site has a pretty good rundown of all 4 cowl types on the Santa Fe, the U30CG, F45, FP45 and SDF40-2 http://atsf.railfan.net/cowls/ Anyone got any U30CG shots?
Wasn't the 5969 in the photo later turned into the UTAH RAILWAY 9013? That seems to ring a bell with me, however, I could be wrong. Great shot though. Paul H. Liddiard
OK, I stand corrected. It was the 5960 that was turned into the 9013. Photo evidence can be found at: http://atsf.railfan.net/cowls/f45.html http://atsf.railfan.net/cowls/urr9013b.jpg Paul H. Liddiard
I found a few more shots, I mentioned earlier I never shot a cowl in the lead, well this may be the only one. 5261 leads an eastbound at Fort Madison, IA on May 9, 1991 during a thunderstorm. Just like Russell's shots above, another F45 lashed up with a GP20. GP20 3032 leads #5262 east near Ottawa, KS on July 8, 1996.
Thanks Mike, the space to the left of the engine was intentional, I was hoping to get large awesome veins of lightening but instead I got that one little bolt.
Here's one of my few shots of a Santa Fe cowl unit. Took this one at Argentine Yard in Kansas City on August 22, 1990.
Mmmmmm. Cowls..... Thanks guys! Beware, this is the big 'un: http://gustafson.home.westpa.net/FP45_entry_condensed_2.jpg All I can say is that you can do this with an old Lima FP45 body, runs about $20 nonrunning on Ebay, and an Atlas SD50 chassis, not all that bad either. The F45's are whacked FP's on Kato SD45 mechs.
That's "MKM" under the cab, which stood for Morrison Knudsen Maintained. In the mid-90s, ATSF signed a maintenance agreement with locomotive rebuilder/leaser Morrison Knudsen, for them to provide maintenance for various EMD units (SD40-2s, SD45-2s, F45s) in Santa Fe's fleet. Units that fell under the agreement had a small "MKM" stencilled on their cabs. That F45 had been retired by ATSF and sold to MK for use in their lease fleet, but still had the MKM stencil; guess someone forgot to paint it out.
