Grain Elevator Switchers (lots of pics!)

[Anonymous]

VERY COOL!!!!!!!

HOPE TO SEE MORE OF YOUR PICTURES

[edblysard]

Railpac wins!
Almost impossible to thinks those things started life as F7s.
But, Santa Fe reused the frames, trucks, prime movers and most of the electrical system.
Scratch built the cabs, and re-used old GP7 and GP9 long hoods.
The square, box like cab has also been applied to quite a few Santa Fe GPs.
Excellent example of not throwing away or scraping something that still has a use.
Why buy new GP38s, when you can built them yourself, out of parts you have on hand?
Still see these things all over, anywhere a medium size switch motor is needed.
Ed

[Anonymous]

Ok then. Here's a nother quiz what does SSB stand for?????????

[corwinda]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard
[Still see these things all over, anywhere a medium size switch motor is needed.
Ed

There's one here in Springfield, OR as a plant switcher. WATCO marks.[:)]


Richard Reid

[edblysard]

Econorail has a mini fleet of them,
There is two of them working the Arco coker plant down here, Cargil grain had one for a while at Jacintoport.
Pretty useful machine, for the cost.
Ed

[foamer4000]

The FEC 7558 is a gp-9 (or a 7) and is located in Chappel Nebraska.
Foam on!

[ericsp]

QUOTE: Originally posted by NightCrawler

ell, i was sitting here bored as usual, trying to motivate myself to finish up the details on a couple models. so i decided to go through my pictures and do some organizing. i got to looking at all the different grain elevator switchers that i have captured and i decided to post them here. some of them are quite interesting, and some are pretty plain. but i figure we need something to look at besides all the snow and the "i hate UP" threads.

we'll start off in California. all of these switchers are located along the UP line that runs beside Hwy 99 between Bakersfield and Sacramento. there is one CF7 south of Fresno that i keep trying to catch in the open...no luck so far.







this one is actually just east of Ontario on the old SP line. right next to I-15





all these switchers can be found along the UP line across Nebraska and can be seen from Highway 30.


















and these last 2 are on galveston Island. when i was there back in March there were quite a few different types around. galveston Railroad runs a fleet od SW1001's. the giant grain elevators there use a few of these white switchers. and there were a bunch of old SP and SSW SW1500's there also. along with this yellow one and some different ones at the railroad museum. if you love switchers, i would highly recommend a trip to Galveston Texas.





now for the fun part. i have absolutely no idea what type of locomotive most of these are. if you know, please reply and let the rest of us know[:D][:D]

Is that CF7 that you are trying to get a picture of the one at Zacky Farms in Traver? A few years ago it actually had the Zacky Farms logo and a number (2631) on it. They have removed it from the side that is visible from 99. I believe I saw the over side back in Janaury 2002, but I do not remember if the markings were still on that side. They have another locomotive now. It is a GP9 or GP7 with a new cab. It is numbered 1636 if I remember correctly

Here is a list of grain elevators by 99 that I can think of that have switchers.
O.H. Krause Grain between Tipton and Pixley.
Western Milling on the north side of Goshen.
Zacky Farms on the south side of Traver (2 switchers).
Miller Milling in Fresno (1/2 mile east of the Freeway at North Avenue).
Foster Farms north of Livingston.
A. C. Gilbert at Keyes.

Also, Pacific Ethanol/Pacific Ag Products at the BNSF tracks and Avenue 12 in Madera County has a switcher. There is a fairly new grain elevator in Denair (BNSF) that has a switcher.

[ShaunCN]

i can't see any pics whats the deal?

[mudchicken]

The boxy cabs were designed and fabricated at Topeka, hence Topeka Cabs. San Bernardino built most of the SF30C's and the 7200 (one of a kind SF30B/U23Bm...where is that rascal now ? and odd that the Beep outlasted it)..The SF30C's happened after they closed the shops at Cleburne.

[88gta350]

I can't see any pics either, what's up?

[espeefoamer]

I can't get pictures from any site that has a red x in the corner. It doesn't matter if I left click, right click, or both at the same time, I still get nothing[:(!].

[ericsp]

He has probably rearranged the site (with new file names) or has taken the pictures down. He originally posted them almost a year ago.

[88gta350]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp

He has probably rearranged the site (with new file names) or has taken the pictures down. He originally posted them almost a year ago.

ah, didn't notice the date on the original post. My bad.