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St. Louis-San Francisco No. 2005 Winchester has the grilles and portholes of an E8, but it’s really an E7, as indicated by the louvers behind the cab door. For the sake of appearance, Frisco modified its E7As to look like its E8As. All were red with gold striping and silver trucks.
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During the cosmetic change, the Frisco disabled the electro-pneumatic brakes, and it changed the gearing from 100mph to 85mph.
During the cosmetic change, the Frisco disabled the electro-pneumatic brakes, and it changed the gearing from 100mph to 85mph.