Chard Walker Captured FT 128 waring her red separation stripe and bronze lettering at Summit on Cajon California. It is interesting to note the marker lamp hanging on the side of the units aft of the anticlimber above the front truck. The locomotive has been involded in a mishap denting the front pilot to the point where shop forces had to heat it to remove the indention. This heating burned away the pilot paint leaving the otherwise pristine unit with a scar. (Chard Walker Image)

Left: In a rare close-up the nose of FT-A 172L is displayed at Temple, Texas in 1951. The blue and gold 'Santa Fe' emblem was applied to a metal badge which was then attached to the nose door of the FT's by the builder. Many 200 class F-7's also carried this type of badge when first delivered. Note also the creamy yellow paint.

-K. B. King

 

Below: FTA-B-A set 412LAC with 412L on the point leads an eastbound freight out of the yards at Emporia on September 21, 1958. A few FT's retained their 400 series numbers to the end. Contrast this latter-day "chrome yellow" paint with the one above.

-W. A. Gibson, SR.