HUTCH 7.62 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.
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> > (
> > > 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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> > [
www.hebners.net]
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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.
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> Was 585 the only one to receive the red light on
> top of the cab?
It also had white strobe lights on the cab roof.