SP 9179

This loco was built in 2/1972 with EMD construction number 7336-14. 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 and renumbered to SP 6801 as part of the SP's GRIP program on 03/09/1987.

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.

SP 6801:

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