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Chuck Zeiler's Collection
 
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Owner: Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
Model:EMD F7ABuilt As:ATSF 306L (F7A)
Serial Number:17434Order No:6465
Frame Number:6465-A1Built:12/1952
Notes:#306L:2, blt. 12/52, AMTK lease, to #333L:2 3/73, reblt. to CF7 #2443 8/77
Other locos with this serial:  MCER 2443(CF7) ATSF 333(F7A) GU 2443(CF7) ATSF 306(F7A) GU 1500(CF7)
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AT&SF F7 306
Title:  AT&SF F7 306
Description:  AT&SF F7 306 westbound on the CB&Q at Naperville, Illinois on August 10, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Sorry about the motion blur, I was done shooting photos for the day and was walking home on the street next to the tracks when I heard a horn unlike any on CB&Q locomotives, so I ran over the the tracks and this is what I got. Apparently, there was a problem on the AT&SF somewhere between Chicago and Galesburg, which is likely where this train joined home rails again. Trains of the AT&SF. CRI&P, C&NW and CMStP&P would use the CB&Q tracks to get around a problem on their own rails. And the CB&Q would use a neighbor's rails if there was a problem on its own rails. This locomotive is the second 306, the first 306 (c/n 9607), was renumbered in November 1952 to 325L, later becoming CF7 2419. Second 306 was built in December 1952 (c/n 17434) on EMD Order 6365A, leased to Amtrak between 1971 and 1973, renumbered to 333L and put into freight service, rebuilt in August 1977 to CF7 2443.
Photo Date:  8/10/1965  Upload Date: 6/4/2010 10:58:16 AM
Location:  Naperville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  ATSF 306(F7A)
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