FL9

Before the UP absorbed the Katy in August of 1988, the last two groups of new locomotives purchased were twenty GP39-2’s in 1984, and a total of thirty-seven SD40-2’s bought between 1978 and 1981.  Up until the merger they could be found all over the railroad on everything from manifest to coal trains.  Both classes came equipped with new Leslie S5T five-chime horns, a delight to the railfan’s ears.  First up we see SD40-2 #602 on the point of a loaded coal train about to leave Denison, TX on February 7th in 1987.

Two months later from above we see GP39-2 #367 northbound out of Ney Yard in Fort Worth.

This weekend I’ll decide which direction to head in next for awhile.  I like to see that following the Katy for a week has certainly increased the number of comments.  Apparently I’ll have to put up more appropriate “FL9″ vintage stuff soon as TXAggie is in a quandary pondering the lack thereof, and we can’t have that now can we?