SP 5478
This loco was built in 3/1956 with EMD construction number 21303. 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 3952 in the 1965 system renumbering.
She entered the GRIP program and emerged as SP 4356 on 8/16/1972.
SP 4356:
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Charles Lange |
Santa Barbara, CA; 04/19/1978 |
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Gary Perazzo |
San Ardo, CA; 9/1981 |
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Tony Johnson |
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