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This March I picked up a copy of Iron Horses of the Santa Fe Trail. There's a photo of a very interesting FT A unit on page 450. I've stated that it's really an F7Am, and don't you know that started several brouhahas with Santa Fe experts. It appears to have been rebuilt at Cleburne in late 1951 or ...

I found a photo online that shows a rebuilt FT booster unit lashed up behind the 4113. The booster has a fifth porthole at the overhang end of the unit, which is opposite of as-built practice. A rebuilt Cotton Belt FT booster has the same pattern of fifth porthole over the overhang end of the unit. ...

After a bit of research I found an answer to your question. Conrail 5678, ex-CNJ 5631, was retired August 8, 1984. It was sold to Naporano Iron & Metal on June 22, 1985, presumably for parts and scrap. See Extra 2200 South issue #83 page 11.

Ed in Kentucky

From LocoNotes message #29542 and Ken Ardinger: "716 has the eng block from NYC 8573-PC 9648,carbody may be from L&N 72; the RE 717 could also be the
L&N 72."

PC 9648 was an S-2. L&N 72 was an S-1.

Ed in Kentucky

According to this roster Relco 716 is an S-1. See http://thedieselshop.us/Relco.HTML" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm looking for a wreck photo to determine the extent of the rebuilding. It is a very early F unit rebuild.

"Yes, that locomotive in the photo certainly looks like the entire cab structure of an F3 has been installed, complete with the F3 front truck center pin." email just in from W. A. Cuisinier.

Check out this linked J. Parker Lamb photo of Southern 4113 leading a train through Meridian, Mississippi. https://www.flickr.com/photos/railphotoart/28286531885" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I'm exploring the possibility that this unit, Southern 4113 is a wreck rebuild. A...

Tom: Sent you two emails on what it may be.

Ed in Kentucky

I have several Facebook railfan friends in the Camden area who will know where any shop is. Drop me a line.

Ed in Kentucky

The EMD Service Department Locomotive Reference Data for January 1, 1959 is revealing. The B&M E7s #3804-3815 and MEC 705-708 were built on the same EMD order E670 in June 1946. The units had identical gearing and electrical plans. Each unit was equipped with a 2250 pound per hour steam generato...

Does anyone have additional information on the when and where the F3 demonstrators tested for EMD? The is some information in the Preston Cook F unit issue of Classic Trains.

Most of my research into the Cotton Belt FT units was published in the Summer 2016 edition of SP Trainline. Besides the 921 there were five other Cotton Belt FT units wrecked and rebuilt at EMD. The first wreck was at Renault, Illinois on November 16, 1948. That wreck sent an ABBA set of FTs back to...

C&O 3045, 3047,3537, 3563 and 3574 were wrecked 5/65 in Merlin, Ontario and returned to EMD for rebuilding. All outshopped as new GP35s. The 3045 and 3047 were renumbered 3583-3584. Source is X2233 note 41 of the combined C&O/B&O roster. That's the March/April issue of Extra 2200 South. ...

The first 16-645E fielded was in SD40 demonstrator #434 (serial 29025) built in July 1964. Another four SD40 demonstrators (serials 29873-29876) were built in February 1965 and the final four were built in April 1965 (serials 30499-30502). The GP40 demonstrator #433 (serial 29877) followed in May 19...