SP 4838

Bob Dengler Photo - West Colton, CA - August 1975

 

This loco was built in 2/1965 with EMD construction number 29852. 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 6922 in the 1965 system renumbering.

She entered the GRIP program and emerged as SP 6950 in 4/17/1974. She retained her turbocharger, but did NOT have her rear headlight arrangement altered.

She was renumbered to SP 3102 on 4/28/1980 and assigned to work the West Colton, CA hump yard.

She was renumbered once again on 9/18/1993 to SP 2957 to avoid conflict with D&RGW GP40's.

 

SP 6950:

SP 6950

Bob Dengler

West Colton, CA; 8/1975

SP 6950

Charles Lange

San Luis Obispo, CA; 05/23/1976

SP 6950

Charles Lange

San Luis Obispo, CA; 05/23/1976

SP 6950

Warren Calloway

West Colton, CA

 

SP 2957:

SP 2957

Richard Percy

West Colton, CA; 1996

SP 2957

Rob Sarberenyi

West Colton, CA; 5/1999

SP 2957

Tom Fassett

Indio, CA; 09/30/2000

 

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