SP 4828

Bob Dengler Photo - Santa Clara, CA - December 1971

This loco was built in 1/1965 with EMD construction number 29842. 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 6912 in the 1965 system renumbering.

She entered the GRIP program and emerged as SP 6951 in 7/8/1974. She retained her turbocharger, but did NOT have her rear headlight arrangement altered.

She was renumbered to SP 3103 on 4/16/1980 and assigned to work the West Colton, CA hump yard.

She was renumbered once again on 9/19/1993 to SP 2958 to avoid conflict with D&RGW GP40's.

 

SP 6912:

SP 6912

Bob Dengler

Santa Clara, CA; 12/1971

 

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