SSW 9158
This loco was built in 7/1972 with EMD construction number 7348-2. 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 rebuilt and renumbered to SP 6854 as part of the SP's GRIP program on 09/14/1988.
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.
SSW 9158:
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John Karges |
Fort Worth, TX; 1972 |
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Bob Dengler |
Roseville, CA; 11/1980 |
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Tony Johnson |
Oakland, CA; 10/21/1982 |
