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Owner: Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
Model:EMD F7ABuilt As:ATSF 261C (F7A)
Serial Number:13732Order No:3095
Frame Number:3095-A6Built:8/1951
Notes:reblt 8/77 to CF7 2446
Other locos with this serial:  BMRG 601(CF7) RBMN 1502(CF7) BMRG 1502(CF7) ATSF 261C(F7A)
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AT&SF F7 261C
Title:  AT&SF F7 261C
Description:  AT&SF F7 261C, west of Las Animas, Colorado on August 17, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in August 1951 as 261C (c/n 13732), the trailing cab of A-B-B-A locomotive 261 built on EMD Order 3095A (EMD Order 3095B was for the B-units), it was rebuilt in August 1977 to CF7 2446, later BMRG 601, later still RBMN 1502. Although it has the appearance of an F3, I presume it has lost its Farr Aire grills somewhere along the way. All sources I've found list it as an F7. Odd photo angle to be sure, I shot this from a car traveling in the opposite direction. I believe this train is passing over an Arroyo, a dry creek bed that fills with water during the rainy season in desert areas. I only know that word because the Western Pacific had a Budd stainless steel 10-6 sleeper named SILVER ARROYO, numbered 861, part of the WP's contribution to the California Zephyr, and I looked that word up in the dictionary.
Photo Date:  8/17/1965  Upload Date: 6/1/2010 4:22:23 PM
Location:  Las Animas, CO
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ATSF 261C(F7A)
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Santa Fe F7A 261C
Title:  Santa Fe F7A 261C
Description:  Built in August 1951, AT&SF 261C is seen here in Denver at the end of 1965. It would be converted to CF7 2501 in September 1974.
Photo Date:  12/27/1965  Upload Date: 9/23/2023 4:51:19 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  ATSF 261C(F7A)
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