WSOR F45 1002 Slinger, WI
The Wisconsin & Southern suffered a case of magnificent loss of sanity back in the early 1980's and acquired three F45s, the 1001 through 1003. All three had started life on the Burlington Northern and at least one of them suffered the indignity of wearing a hideous paint scheme while working for a tourist outfit. I have pictures of all three F45s, but the 1001 was the only one I saw in that awful red and blue scheme. Here's the 1002 looking absolutely fabulous at Slinger back in June of 1992. Too bad, the WSOR people came back to their senses and the big cowls were gone, moving on to the mountains to work for the MRL. It might have been a case of looking ahead for the Wisconsin & Southern, too far ahead. At the time, the units were too heavy for the short line's rails, but today with the plant much improved, they would have been right at home.
'Darn, darn, double darn" - Herman Munster....
WSOR F45 1002 Slinger, WI
The Wisconsin & Southern suffered a case of magnificent loss of sanity back in the early 1980's and acquired three F45s, the 1001 through 1003. All three had started life on the Burlington Northern and at least one of them suffered the indignity of wearing a hideous paint scheme while working for a tourist outfit. I have pictures of all three F45s, but the 1001 was the only one I saw in that awful red and blue scheme. Here's the 1002 looking absolutely fabulous at Slinger back in June of 1992. Too bad, the WSOR people came back to their senses and the big cowls were gone, moving on to the mountains to work for the MRL. It might have been a case of looking ahead for the Wisconsin & Southern, too far ahead. At the time, the units were too heavy for the short line's rails, but today with the plant much improved, they would have been right at home.
'Darn, darn, double darn" - Herman Munster....