OPRRMS Wrote:
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> George Andrews Wrote:
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> > HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
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> > > Gotta wonder if any round cab CF7’s survive
> > today.
> >
> > Amtrak ended up with a few round - roof
> CF-7's,
> > from their trade with Santa Fe for SDP-40-F's.
> (
> > Santa Fe surely got the better end of that
> trade
> > !!! ) All of Amtrak's CF-7's were retired in
> the
> > early 1990's; most went to Larry's Truck
> Electric.
>
> Amtrak CF7's:
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> [
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> I vividly remember the 593 and 594 at Redondo Jct.
> They were poor performers / under achievers. 598
> was unusable during my tenure there, but it was
> later returned to service.
Was 585 the only one to receive the red light on top of the cab?