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Published: 2010-07-19 00:53:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 688; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 35
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I know I've been repeating locomotive types but browsing through the slide boxes... this photo just made me think of the last few days. Baking hot, incredibly bright, a small white cloud rapidly evaporating in an unrealistically blue sky. and classic colors chalking and fading. This SW7 was shot one August 1970 day on the dry plains of Wyoming. I remember thinking about how hot the plastic seats of my car were going to be when I got back in it.Related content
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Very nice shot. Bonus with the MOW train on the next track. Looks like a derrick train by the tank car in the lineup.
Thanks for sharing.
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That's an SW9--no louvers above the road name. 
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Quite correct. However just for grins the UP rebuilt this unit to SW10 later.
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THOSE are neat little locos. 
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Is that a Vanderbilt tender on the track next to the SW7? I see some sort of former passenger car being used for MOW, so I'd imagine that the Vandy tender was being used for water...
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Yup... that's an MOW string. Every railroad I ever looked at in any detail always used 2nd or 3rd hand equipment for it's MOW crew. At least it was painted a heat reflective color!
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