If anyone asks use the premise that they're being deadheaded to a shortline (or museum).
And depending on arrangements, they can also be running (working for their fare). Last year there was an E8A (dead-in-tow?) in the consist of a couple of late model GEs. The E8 is circa 1949-1954. So anything can be a prototype. Go for it. :) Ken Garber On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 7:29 PM, richgajnak <[email protected]>wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Edward Davis <edandhdavis@...> wrote: > > > > Could there have been a scenario where a UP SD60 could have been > consisted with a F7? Would either loco have to have been leased to a > smaller railroad? Which other earlier diesels could have been seen to > lashed up with the SD60? Don't want a stupid scene on my layout. : >) > > > > Ed Davis > > Stockton > > > By the time the SD60 appeared in 1984, F7's were already museum pieces. > > It's doubtful that even early second gengeration units like GP20's > GP/SD35's or 40's were stomping around in regular mainline service unless > rebuilt or upgraded. > > Rich G(ajnak) > >
