Soo Line FP7A 2501A, Schiller Park, IL
My contribution for F unit Friday is this good looking FP7A from April of 1978. Tight quarters forced this nose heavy shot at the engine house, but it seems to accentuate the graceful lines of EMD's classic design. Schiller Park, for me, wasn't one of those places where I could linger and explore different viewing angles. I guess that for every three times I was there, one of those times I was asked to leave. (I was starting to get a complex!) Of course, I was trespassing, but it was a different world back then. More often than not, at most places, the employees would either ignore you or stop and talk trains. Yep, times have sure changed.
Soo Line FP7A 2501A, Schiller Park, IL
My contribution for F unit Friday is this good looking FP7A from April of 1978. Tight quarters forced this nose heavy shot at the engine house, but it seems to accentuate the graceful lines of EMD's classic design. Schiller Park, for me, wasn't one of those places where I could linger and explore different viewing angles. I guess that for every three times I was there, one of those times I was asked to leave. (I was starting to get a complex!) Of course, I was trespassing, but it was a different world back then. More often than not, at most places, the employees would either ignore you or stop and talk trains. Yep, times have sure changed.