SP 5470

Tony Johnson photo - Watsonville, CA - July 7, 1991

 

This loco was built in 2/1956 with EMD construction number 21295. She was built with boiler controls, but without a steam generator or water tank for reserve passenger service. This meant that she needed a trailing unit such as an F7B to operate in multiple with to provide steam heat to a passenger train. She also featured dual fuel tanks for dual fuel operation. She was painted in standard for the time "black widow" colors and featured a full 5 light headlight arrangement on each end.

She was assigned number SP 3944 in the 1965 system renumbering.

She entered the GRIP program and emerged as SP 4416 on 4/28/1976.

 

SP 4416:

SP 4416

John Karges

Dalhart, TX; 10/04/1986

SP 4416

John Karges

Dalhart, TX; 10/04/1986

SP 4416

Tony Johnson

Watsonville, CA; 07/07/1991

 

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