SP 4823
This loco was built in 12/1964 with EMD construction number 29837. She was built as a freight engine. She 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 6907 in the 1965 system renumbering.
She entered the GRIP program and emerged as SP 4708 in 5/2/1978. She was stripped of her turbocharger, and received a full 5-light rear gyralight package.
She was renumbered to SP 2969 on 12/10/1979 and assigned to work the Englewood hump yard in Houston, TX.
SP 6907:
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Charles Lange |
Santa Barbara, CA; 04/30/1976 |
SP 2969:
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Gary Perazzo |
Houston, TX; 8/1980 |
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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 |
