IIRC, the two Fs are Ex SP&S (787 nee-804) and Ex CNW (788). I've been trying to find out what happened to 787 since to my knowledge that's the last surviving SP&S F-Unit. From my research, 787 was last seen being sold on Ozark while 788 is still on sale.
Anyone know what happened to them?
Here is 788 from November of 2022
And this looks like 787
What was SP&S doing with F7's? It wasn't allowed to have EMD's! That was only for NP and GN
lol
Judging by pre-BN pictures that I've seen, I think their F units (seven F3's and F7's, iirc) were bought for passenger service alongside their sole E unit on passenger trains.
Alco PA's would've been more in-line with their typical purchases, but they probably wanted commonality with their parent's passenger power on trains like the Empire Builder and North Coast Limited that jointly operated over SP&S rails?
They also owned GP9s.
According to the Inland Railroad Museum's website, they have successfully purchased 787
https://inlandnwrailmuseum.com/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CnxwgOsPiSl/
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