SP 6004A

This loco was built in 8/1947 with EMD construction number 4151. She was built as a dual engined E7 A-unit. She was painted in the SP's standard for the time Daylight orange and red. She was delivered as part of an ABB set which included two matching E7 B-units numbered SP 6004B & C, but they were never drawbar equipped.

She was renumbered to remove her alpha suffix along with many other SP F-units and PA's in 1949. She became the SP 6004 on 10/24/1949.

At some point in the late 1950's or possibly early 1960's she was repainted into the newly adopted grey and red "bloody nose" scheme for all locomotives regardless of passenger or freight assignment.

She was retired on 05/22/1967 and sold to EMD (as trade-in credit for new SD45's) and subsequently scrapped on 06/20/1967.

 

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