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Re: SP #6447 with Amtrak #6 at Oakland August 1972
Author: WAF
Date: 09-21-2010 - 20:18
OPRRMS Wrote:
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> WAF Wrote:
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> > 6447 is the only one not to have ice breakers
> on
> > the roof?
>
> Interesting discussion. At first I thought that
> maybe they weren't visible because of the photo
> angle, like this shot of the 6450 where you can
> barely see the right-side one and not the
> left-side one at all:
>
> [www.hebners.net]
>
> But then I found this Robert Dengler photo of the
> unit from August 1972, showing the front breakers
> are definately missing:
>
> [espee.railfan.net]
> _sp-fp7-bob_dengler.jpg
>
> They're back on in this August 1973 photo by Mike
> Palmieri (the horn's been changed, too):
>
> [www.rrpicturearchives.net]?
> id=714920
>
> And they were there previously in this Bob Morris
> photo of the Klamath:
>
> [www.snowcrest.net]
>
> So, what do you think the story is, Wes? Was this
> the unit that was leased to the Rio Grande for the
> Ogden connection?
It was, Rich. Protected the "California Service" that the DRGW provided after the COSF went Tri-weekly. But, I don't think that was why the breaker bars are missing. After all, it had to go to back on the COSF for service or rotation.
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> WAF Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> > 6447 is the only one not to have ice breakers
> on
> > the roof?
>
> Interesting discussion. At first I thought that
> maybe they weren't visible because of the photo
> angle, like this shot of the 6450 where you can
> barely see the right-side one and not the
> left-side one at all:
>
> [www.hebners.net]
>
> But then I found this Robert Dengler photo of the
> unit from August 1972, showing the front breakers
> are definately missing:
>
> [espee.railfan.net]
> _sp-fp7-bob_dengler.jpg
>
> They're back on in this August 1973 photo by Mike
> Palmieri (the horn's been changed, too):
>
> [www.rrpicturearchives.net]?
> id=714920
>
> And they were there previously in this Bob Morris
> photo of the Klamath:
>
> [www.snowcrest.net]
>
> So, what do you think the story is, Wes? Was this
> the unit that was leased to the Rio Grande for the
> Ogden connection?
It was, Rich. Protected the "California Service" that the DRGW provided after the COSF went Tri-weekly. But, I don't think that was why the breaker bars are missing. After all, it had to go to back on the COSF for service or rotation.
