Texas Gallery of Santa Fe Railway train pictures pulled by F7 and CF7 locomotives
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In 1969, the Southern Pacific
was buying SW15s from EMD at about $150,000 each and
that included a trade-in. The Santa Fe figured they could do more with less and in late 1969 the railway
started a project at the Cleburne shops to convert tired F7 cab units to a more productive GP7
configuration. The first unit converted was F7 262C. It was the only CF7 to get dynamic brakes. The
total cost for the conversion was about $60,000. As production got into full swing this cost came down
to around $40,000 per unit.
The following pictures were taken during the 70s at various locations in Texas. This is where the newly released CF7s did their initial testing before roaming the rest of the Santa Fe system. This collection also includes some pictures of F7s during their last days in operation.
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