Message of the day - November 7, 1997:

Hi everyone,


Well, I guess that little Haloween treat went over well! I'm sure it'll go over better than anouncing that I still have not accomplished anything in the way of BNSF roster pages yet. I still hope to have them done by the first of December, at least for models I already have shots of. Doing all the ex-SF stuff will take some effort - I'd say more than a month's worth, now that I have started on it and have a good idea what I am getting into. I have run into a little problem regarding the new 700 series C44-9W's and SD75M's with numbers over 9775 - does anyone know of a source for builder numbers and dates? Recent issues of Extra 2200 South or Diesel Era perhaps? (Maybe I should subscribe to those). Next time I get close enough to one, I'll have to remember to shoot the builder's plate, or at least note the builder number and date so I have something to extrapolate from. In the meantime, I guess I'll just leave that information incomplete, as I did on today's shots of C44-9W #722 by contributor Chris Stewart. All five of today's shots are from Chris.

Well, hope you like what you see so far. As always, I welcome your comments, criticism, and most of all, contributions! Feel free to e-mail me - cbiel@sbcglobal.net.

Enjoy!

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