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SP 3353 - San Luis Obispo, CA - 4/3/83 |
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Southern Pacific GP9 3353, seen in San Luis Obispo, California, on April 3, 1983, was built in May 1956 as SP subsidiary-Texas & New Orleans 430. When renumbered into the SP system in 1965, it was numbered SP 3552 until rebuilt in May 1972 in Sacramento, at which point the number 3353 was applied. |
| Photo Date: |
4/3/1983 Upload Date: 2/25/2011 4:16:27 PM |
| Location: |
San Luis Obispo, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 3353(GP9R) |
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510 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 3756 |
| Description: |
SP GP9 3756 and Cotton Belt GP35 6650 are on the head-end of a West Colton to Los Angeles local as it rounds the balloon track to reverse direction after departing West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on March 25, 1978. (All trains depart this yard eastbound, with the westbounds taking advantage of the balloon track.) In the background another freight can be seen crossing over from the Sunset Route to the Palmdale Cutoff to head over Cajon Pass and Tehachapi on its way to northern California. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/1978 Upload Date: 2/20/2012 12:41:18 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 3756(GP9R) |
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411 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 3823 |
| Description: |
A Southern Pacific Hauler heads west through City of Industry behind GP9R 3823 (ex-3673, nee-5810), U50 9952 (ex-9552, nee-8502), GP35 6660 (ex-7763) and another GP9R in November 1977. (Exact date unknown.) |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1977 Upload Date: 2/23/2012 12:34:49 PM |
| Location: |
City of Industry, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 3823(GP9R) SP 9952(U50) |
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1001 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 3834 |
| Description: |
In 1982, Los Angeles experimented with commuter trains between downtown and Oxnard, in nearby Ventura County. Is was underfunded and poorly executed and, with average daily ridership of just 130 commuters per day, lasted only five months. On the evening of December 2, 1982, train #101 (Los Angeles to Oxnard) departs Union Station with leased Cal Train equipment - SP GP9R 3834 (ex-SP 3707, nee-SP 5844) with a full light package, and a pair of ex-SP gallery coaches (the second in full Cal Train colors). In 1992, a vastly improved commuter system, Metrolink, began service, which continues to this day. |
| Photo Date: |
12/2/1982 Upload Date: 2/23/2012 12:28:18 PM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SP 3834(GP9R) |
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538 Comments: 0 |
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SP 3850 |
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Rumbling through Pomona, California, on Ocho de Mayo 1987, a typically ecclectic Southern Pacific lash-up leads a hauler on its way to the West Colton Yard. GP9R 3850 (ex-SP GP9 3679, nee-SP 5816) leads another GP9R, an SDP45 and a B30-7 east under "May Gray" skies ... That Gyralight really cut through the haze! |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1987 Upload Date: 2/27/2012 1:14:31 AM |
| Location: |
Pomona, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 3850(GP9R) |
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1788 Comments: 6 |
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SP 3852 - Tracy, CA - 3/12/1995 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific GP9 3852 was built by EMD in April 1959 as SP 5826. In the SPs 1965 renumbering scheme, it was assigned number 3689. In July 1977 the engine was released from the railroads Sacramento upgrade program as number 3852. This engine was sold in February 1996 to Progress Rail. |
| Photo Date: |
3/12/1995 Upload Date: 1/13/2011 11:42:31 AM |
| Location: |
Tracy, CA |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 3852(GP9R) |
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426 Comments: 0 |
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