GP38-2 413

GP38-2 413 at St. Louis, Missouri on June 2, 1979 (M.A. Wise)
GP38-2 413

GP38-2 413 at St. Louis, Missouri on June 2, 1979 (M.A. Wise).

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4 Responses to GP38-2 413

  1. Frisco.org says:

    Can someone tell us why this unit has white numberboards?

  2. Terry Jankowski says:

    This unit along with three others was involved in a fatality head on collision at Mustang, Ok. in 1974. The white number board with black letters signified the fatalities as a result of the accident.

  3. Frisco.org says:

    That’s very interesting, albeit a bit morbid. It seems like a railroad would not wish to remind people of such in any way.

  4. Paul Bender says:

    The story I had heard on the white number boards was that the units were rebuilt by the ICG because the Frisco shops were too busy. I found pretty quickly the ICG rebuild (of 413 and 686) is mentioned on page 88 of Marre and Sommers’ Frisco in Color.

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