SP 4830
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:
Rob Sarberenyi |
San Luis Obispo, CA; 1985 |