SP 4816
This loco was built in 12/1964 with EMD construction number 29830. 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 the front end. The rear featured a dual sealed beam light only.
She was assigned number SP 6900 in the 1965 system renumbering.
She entered the GRIP program and emerged as SP 4700 in 10/18/1976. She was stripped of her turbocharger, and received a full 5-light rear gyralight package.
She was renumbered to SP 2961 on 1/11/1980 and assigned to work the Englewood hump yard in Houston, TX.
SP 2961:
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Lee A. Gautreaux |
Houston, TX; ca. late 1980's |
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Lee A. Gautreaux |
Houston, TX; ca. early 1990's |
