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Re: Back again, more old SP Geeps
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 03-09-2011 - 14:34

DCA Wrote:
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> I also was surprised to see a black widow Geep
> still around in 1973. When I was a San Joaquin
> Division brakeman in 1968/69 GP-9s were very
> common, along with quite a few F's, but I don't
> recall seeing any in black widow paint even then.
> Of course that was a long time ago and my recall
> probably isn't what it once was.

By then, the 3611 was the last Pacific Lines GP9 to retain this paint scheme, although there were a number of Cotton Belt units and a couple of ex-T&NO units that lasted longer. Not long after Steve's photo, Roseville applied scarlet and grey paint to various areas of the unit, covering up the silver and orange areas and the red frame stripe, but leaving the black areas black. Steve, do you have a photo of it like that?

>snip<

> The cab heaters sometimes were just so-so.

Particularly the early units, which had GP7-style cab heaters in the ceiling.

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  Back again, more old SP Geeps Steve Sloan 03-08-2011 - 09:13
  Re: Back again, more old SP Geeps Peter D. 03-08-2011 - 10:41
  Re: Back again, more old SP Geeps Pilawt 03-08-2011 - 14:26
  Re: Back again, more old SP Geeps Tony Czuleger 03-08-2011 - 22:33
  Re: Back again, more old SP Geeps OPRRMS 03-08-2011 - 22:57
  Re: Back again, more old SP Geeps DCA 03-09-2011 - 10:56
  Re: Back again, more old SP Geeps OPRRMS 03-09-2011 - 14:34
  Re: Back again, more old SP Geeps Steve Sloan 03-09-2011 - 16:44


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