SP 4830

Rob Sarberenyi Photo - San Luis Obispo, CA - 1985

This loco was built in 1/1965 with EMD construction number 29844. 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 6914 in the 1965 system renumbering.

She entered the GRIP program and emerged as SP 6953 in 10/7/1974. She retained her turbocharger, but did NOT have her rear headlight arrangement altered.

She was renumbered to SP 3105 on 6/4/1980 and assigned to work the West Colton, CA hump yard.

She was renumbered once again on 9/23/1993 to SP 2959 to avoid conflict with D&RGW GP40's.

 

SP 3105:

SP 3105

Rob Sarberenyi

San Luis Obispo, CA; 1985

 

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