SP 5624

Jim Parker photo - San Francisco, CA - June 1968

This loco was built in 4/1955 with EMD builder's number 19979. It was built as a passenger engine with a boiler in the nose. It was setup with dual control stands for operation in either direction, thus it had wings on the front and rear. It was painted in standard for the time black widow colors and featured Pyle oscilating dish signal lights on both ends and rooftop air resevoirs for increased fuel and water capacity between the trucks.

She was assigned number SP 3006 in the 1965 system renumbering.

She entered the GRIP program and emerged as SP 3195 in bloody nose paint in 3/1979.

 

SP 3006:

SP 3006

Jim Parker

San Francisco, CA; 6/1968

 

SP 3195:

SP 3195

Robert Carter

San Jose, CA; 03/24/1982

SP 3195

Steve Sloan

McMinnville, OR; 07/16/1988

 

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