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Owner: Denver & Rio Grande Western
Model:EMD F3ABuilt As:DRGW 554D (F3A)
Serial Number:3549Order No:E692
Frame Number:E692-A6Built:11/1946
Notes:retired 12/65 traded to EMD
Other locos with this serial:  DRGW 5544(F3A)
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D&RGW F3 5544
Title:  D&RGW F3 5544
Description:  D&RGW F3 5544 at Denver Union Station, Denver, Colorado on August 26, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Completed on November 29, 1946 as D&RGW F3 554D (c/n 3549) on EMD Order E692, it was renumbered to 5544 during 1950, retired in December 1965, and traded to EMD as credit on an order of GP40's. This is likely power for the soon to arrive California Zephyr, replacing the CB&Q E-units, and taking the CZ to Salt Lake City, where these units will be replaced by Western Pacific F-units.
Photo Date:  8/26/1965  Upload Date: 9/23/2010 1:37:39 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  DRGW 5544(F3A)
Views:  3215   Comments: 1
Noseless
Title:  Noseless
Description:  Having been stripped of parts, including the nose, the remnants of F3A 5544 stit at Denver waiting to be shipped off to EMD. The 1946 built diesel was officially retired in December of 1965.
Photo Date:  10/9/1965  Upload Date: 10/5/2023 1:42:19 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 5544(F3A)
Views:  64   Comments: 0


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