CONTINENTAL GRAIN COMPANY ALCO S-4 DEISEL #1528 - GILMAN, ILLINOIS - JULY 4, 1976
Former Santa Fe #1528 started life in 1952 working for "Chico" in black and silver stripes. After being retired in 1974 by the Santa Fe, the unit was sold to Continental Grain. Here we see her for "Switcher Sunday", having just been repainted red/white/blue for the bicentennial. She had just been repainted and is not yet lettered. Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, the unit would get lettered in time but it was a very half baked hand lettering job with a hand painted herald, that I'm not sure looked so hot. In time a nice Continental Grain herald would be added on a steel plate, but the poor lettering also remained.
Most interestingly she worked (wearing a later solid black paint) at Gilman until 2015, and was subsequently sold to the Arizona State Railroad Museum. Currently the unit is stored at Williams while the ASRM get's underway, with a planned opening to take place in 2024. Intentions are to put the unit back to it's Santa Fe look.
CONTINENTAL GRAIN COMPANY ALCO S-4 DEISEL #1528 - GILMAN, ILLINOIS - JULY 4, 1976
Former Santa Fe #1528 started life in 1952 working for "Chico" in black and silver stripes. After being retired in 1974 by the Santa Fe, the unit was sold to Continental Grain. Here we see her for "Switcher Sunday", having just been repainted red/white/blue for the bicentennial. She had just been repainted and is not yet lettered. Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, the unit would get lettered in time but it was a very half baked hand lettering job with a hand painted herald, that I'm not sure looked so hot. In time a nice Continental Grain herald would be added on a steel plate, but the poor lettering also remained.
Most interestingly she worked (wearing a later solid black paint) at Gilman until 2015, and was subsequently sold to the Arizona State Railroad Museum. Currently the unit is stored at Williams while the ASRM get's underway, with a planned opening to take place in 2024. Intentions are to put the unit back to it's Santa Fe look.