|
| Title: |
ATSF 2878, derailed runaway locomotive |
| Description: |
PURCELL OK Nov 27 1978 -- Santa Fe GP7 2878 has just been derailed at the north end of the Purcell yard. The unit took off unattended from Oklahoma City and kept gaining speed. I heard a train in Moore told to get on the siding immediately which alerted me to the event. Police and sheriffs responded quickly and guarded crossings as the runaway accelerated south. When I saw it at the Indian Hills crossing north of Norman it was traveling about 50 mph. I beat it to Purcell but was not allowed down to the tracks so only saw the event from far away. Santa Fe officials decided to switch the unit onto the outer yard track in hopes it would derail. The plan worked to perfection and this is the result. I dont recall if the covered hopper was already there or was positioned but it did a good job of stopping the locomotive as it wallowed down the track. EMD built the 2878 (s/n 18895) in October-November 1953 and delivered it in zebra stripe. It was repainted to yellow warbonnet sometime before February 1980 when the Cleburne TX shops rebuilt it as a GP7u with an angled Topeka cab roof and renumbered it 2183. It was transferred to BNSF in 1999, patched and renumbered 1349. It is now off the roster. (Roster information from http://atsfrr.net/resources/CrossetGene/master_diesel_roster/GP7/reference.htm#2878, http://www.thedieselshop.us/BNSF.HTML) |
| Photo Date: |
11/27/1978 Upload Date: 7/24/2012 6:36:13 PM |
| Location: |
Purcell, OK |
| Author: |
Charles Stookey |
| Categories: |
Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 2878(GP7) |
| Views: |
5221 Comments: 2 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
ATSF 3144 |
| Description: |
|
| Photo Date: |
2/26/1977 Upload Date: 6/25/2018 8:44:39 PM |
| Location: |
Lawrence, KS |
| Author: |
Dan Warren |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 3144(GP20) ATSF 2881(GP7) |
| Views: |
450 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
ATSF 2883 |
| Description: |
|
| Photo Date: |
6/18/1972 Upload Date: 12/21/2019 1:44:11 PM |
| Location: |
Streator, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Harris |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 2883(GP7) |
| Views: |
192 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Santa Fe GP7 2885 |
| Description: |
Taken by an unknown photographer. |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1969 Upload Date: 12/27/2024 10:54:34 PM |
| Location: |
Unknown, TX |
| Author: |
Unknown |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 2885(GP7) |
| Views: |
29 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
ATSF 2890 |
| Description: |
ATSF 2890 probably stayed in this paint scheme until rebuilding into ATSF 2110 (GP7u) in late 1977. |
| Photo Date: |
9/9/1975 Upload Date: 3/21/2020 11:07:41 AM |
| Location: |
Oklahoma City, OK |
| Author: |
Ron Hawkins |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 2890(GP7) |
| Views: |
370 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
ATSF 2891 near Stockton |
| Description: |
Tom Gildersleeve set |
| Photo Date: |
9/4/1964 Upload Date: 11/5/2023 1:30:48 PM |
| Location: |
Gillis, CA |
| Author: |
Tom Gildersleeve |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 2891(GP7) |
| Views: |
133 Comments: 2 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
AT&SF DP7 2893 |
| Description: |
AT&SF GP7 2893 at McPherson, Kansas on August 16, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. I was 17 years$old when I shot this, roughly the same age as the two gentlemen on the front of'the locomotive. |
| Photo Date: |
8/16/1965 Upload Date: 7/6/2015 2:13:30 PM |
| Location: |
McPherson, KS |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 2893(GP7) |
| Views: |
594 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
