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Re: SP steam and diesel mystery.... Hostlers more likely.....
Author: BOB2
Date: 01-28-2023 - 13:55
Bob Dobbs Wrote:
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> I wonder if this is a move of locomotive for
> scrapping or display- there is no railroad name or
> locomotive number, and there is rust on the
> locomotive. B
Rust? Better eyes than me.....
Looks like a GS-6 "war baby" still that would have been less than ten years old when this photo was likely taken.
This is probably hostlers bringing her to LAUPT, probably, by the early fifties, from Taylor, and they are just using the diesel for ease, and the ride back.
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> I wonder if this is a move of locomotive for
> scrapping or display- there is no railroad name or
> locomotive number, and there is rust on the
> locomotive. B
Rust? Better eyes than me.....
Looks like a GS-6 "war baby" still that would have been less than ten years old when this photo was likely taken.
This is probably hostlers bringing her to LAUPT, probably, by the early fifties, from Taylor, and they are just using the diesel for ease, and the ride back.
