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"Frank's Office" was written in chalk over the door of Southern Pacific (SP) 2150. The Baldwin S12 was captured on December 28, 1973, in Taylor Yard, Los Angeles, California.
On trainorders (TO), October 15, 2010, "rehunn" said, "2150, 2154 and 2157 were the "J" yard switchers right up to the end of the use of the Baldwins.
Years ago, "miralomarail" said, "During the 90's we had a former S.P. employee working at Amtrak in LA, Ca. His name was Frank, and had heard about "His Office "
"OPRRMS" said, "Possibly refers to Frank Watkins, who was the engineer on 7:59 AM yard job at River Station (a.k.a., the Links) during the early Seventies. The S-12s were quite common at that yard. Frank was a very nice gentleman and well-liked by everyone."
"Charlie" said on TO in April 2021:
Frank Watkins was indeed a gentleman. I fired for him for several weeks in the early 70's.
The Frank that is referenced in "Frank's Office" was a SP yardmaster who, as the story goes, would drive his own truck on various 'errands' while on duty and was caught filling its tank and paying with a SP credit card.
Forever-after he was known as "Gas Tank Frank" and the 'brothers' delighted in chalking those words where ever a palette could be found; such as bridge abutments, yard office urinals, anywhere it would be seen by fellow 'rails'.
I did enjoy the post, Steve.
Charlie
SP 2150 was an MU equipped Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton (BLH) S-12. Reportedly: it was built in 1953 as SP 1543 Class DS-118, serial number 75918. In 1965 it was renumbered to SP 2150 SP Class B412-4. The disposition of this locomotive is reported as, Retired 1974 sold to Chrome Crankshaft. Resold to Kerr-McGee 100, renumbered to 844. Donated 1990 to Orange Empire Railway Museum.
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Analog Image, Ektachrome Slide 2.5-360, Scan 2010.10.12.1.6-ph
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