SP 9171

This loco was built in x/1972 with EMD construction number 7336-6. 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 xxxx.

She was rebuilt as SP 9501 on 05/28/1986. She was painted in kodachrome paint of the intended SPSF railroad. She was renumbered shortly after being released to SP 6768 which was a planned SPSF number series reserved for these units. She retained her kodoacrome paint at least into 1990 based on published photos.

She was one of quite a few of SP's SD45T-2 units known to have been repainted into SP's "Speed Lettering" scheme at a point after the SP was bought by Rio Grande Industries in October 1988.

She was retired by the SP on 10/1995 and sold to Helm Financial, becoming DM&IR 406 on 7/10/1996.

SP 9501:

SP 6768:

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