SP 4842
This loco was built in 3/1965 with EMD construction number 29856. 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 6926 in the 1965 system renumbering.
She entered the GRIP program and emerged as SP 4707 in 3/16/1978. She was stripped of her turbocharger, and received a full 5-light rear gyralight package.
She was renumbered to SP 2968 on 11/14/1979 and assigned to work the Englewood hump yard in Houston, TX.
She was the only SD35 ever repainted into Kodachrome paint ca. 1986.
SP 6926:
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Jim Parker |
Cajon, CA; 06/1969 |
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Ron Hawkins |
West Colton, CA; 04/03/1976 |
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Bob Dengler |
San Jose, CA; 9/1977 |
SP 2968:
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Gary Perazzo |
Houston, TX; 8/1980 |
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Keith Thompson |
Houston, TX; ca. mide/late 1980's |
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Michael Spoor |
Houston, TX; 10/1988 |
