2 Responses to GP7 521

  1. Karl Brand says:
    August 9, 2018 at 6:57 AM

    Perhaps Augusta, KS.

  2. Andre Ming says:
    August 9, 2018 at 9:13 AM

    Hm. The details/specifics don’t jive with the 1967 date:

    * Lead unit appears to have the tall vertical “box” filters Frisco used on the GP7’s prior to the flared arrestors that begin appearing in 1964. The “box” filters started being applied about the late 1950s.

    * Rear unit doesn’t appear to have any type of spark arrestors. (See above.)

    * Both units still have their side sill skirts, which the Frisco began removing during the move to the flared spark arrestors and addition of roof mounted “gumball” safety lights/etc, which began taking place sometime during the early 60’s or concurrent with the move to flared spark arrestors, i.e. ’64. (An oddity: One unit, #611, retained its side sill skirts for the duration of its Frisco service life.)

    * They are both freshly painted in the new “simplified” scheme that begin to appear in the late 1950s.

    Based on the above, I would hazard to guess this photo may have been taken in the late 1950s.

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