SSW 7771

John Karges photo - San Antonio - July 10, 1993

 

This loco was built in 1/1980 with GE construction number 42785. It was built as a freight engine. It was painted in standard for the time bloody nose colors and featured a full 5 light headlight arrangement on both the front and rear end.

She was involved in an accident in Texas which severly damaged her cab early in her career. She was reworked in a cabless or "B-unit" configuration and ran out her days on the SP this way.

 

SSW 7771:

SSW 7771

Michael Walsdorf

Metairie, LA; 02/07/1983

SSW 7771

Tony Johnson

Pine Bluff, AR; 09/19/1991

SSW 7771

John Karges

San Antonio, TX; 07/10/1993

 

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