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Post by espeelover on Sept 22, 2011 14:01:30 GMT -5
It seems that amongst many of the F9m photos I have seen, the SSW RSD-15's seemed to be in the lashup along with them. That of course was good news, since I had a pair of the big Alco's in my stash drawer.  |
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Post by espeelover on Sept 22, 2011 14:02:29 GMT -5
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Post by espeelover on Sept 22, 2011 14:04:02 GMT -5
 ...still a work in progress, but it is coming along... |
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Post by SSW9389 on Oct 10, 2011 13:05:47 GMT -5
After the RS-3s and RSD-5s were retired the RSD-15s became mechanical orphans on Cotton Belt's nearly pure EMD roster. They were all gone by the early 1970s, retired before their 15 year depreciation cycle was even complete!
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Post by espeelover on Oct 11, 2011 10:29:53 GMT -5
I have seen several photo's of RSD15's in lash-up with a T&NO F9m, so these were built to run with that. My F9m is in the "Halloween" paint scheme, so that is intended to represent that era.
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Post by SSW9389 on Oct 11, 2011 16:15:43 GMT -5
The Cotton Belt's gators had trouble with overheating and were soon demoted to secondary freights, which by the 1960s were also where you could find quite a few F units. Three were wrecked in 1970, three were sold to GE in 1971 and the last four were sold in 1972. Data from Cotton Belt Locomotives by Joe Strapac.
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Post by thespcaboose on Oct 22, 2011 13:20:30 GMT -5
Those are awesome photos of SSW854!!
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