ATSF GP35s #3415 and 3329

: NM, Summer, 1971

On route 66 somewhere in NM, met this eastbound ATSF train.
In the photo are ATSF GP35s #3415 and 3329,

ATSF #3415 was built in 1965 as ATSF #1415. She was renumbered to #3415 in 1970 and repainted to yellow bonnet scheme in 1972. She was rebuilt and renumbered to ATSF GP35u #2915 in 1984. She became BNSF #2615 in 1998 and retired in 2013.

a photo of ATSF #3415 in yellow bonnet scheme found at Don's Rail Photo site;
a photo of ATSF #2915 at Paul R. Tupaczewski's site;
a photo of BNSF #2615 at RR Picture Archives site;

ATSF #3329 was built in 1964 as ATSF #1329. She was renumbered to #3329 in 1970 and repainted to yellow bonnet scheme in 1972. She was rebuilt and renumbered to ATSF GP35u #2829 in 1984. She got SPSF #3586 in1985, but returned to #2829 again in 1991. She became BNSF #2529 in 1997.

a photo of ATSF #3329 in yellow bonnet scheme found at RR Picture Archives site;
a photo of BNSF #2529 in yellow bonnet scheme found at RR Picture Archives site;

EMD GP35 was built between 1963 and 1966 with 2500hp prime mover. 1250 units were sold in United States.

Counterlight and barbed wire disturb me from taking picture of the train from the roadside of route 66.


時には間近で撮れることもある。が、鉄条網が…。逆光だし。出会い頭でそううまく撮れるものではない。
列車はAtchison Topeka & Santa Fe RailwayのTrans-Con（ロスとシカゴを結ぶATSFの本線）東行きである。先頭にたつ3415号機はEMD(GM, Electro-Motive-Division)のGP35。Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroadでは故障がちであまり評判のよくなかった機種であるが、ATSFでの評価はどうだったのだろうか。