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Mike Woodruff's Collection
 
5/9/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Southern Pacific
Model:EMD GP9Built As:SP 5872 (GP9)
Serial Number:25631Order No:5608
Frame Number:5608-1Built:8/1959
Notes:ex-SP 5872
Other locos with this serial:  RLK 4001(GP9) SP 3708(GP9) CWRL 4001(GP9) GEXR 4001(GP9E)
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SP 3708
Title:  SP 3708
Description:  SP 3708, shown sitting in the yard at Niland, CA, was the first unit of SP's last order for GP9s, which came with factory low noses. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/22/2010 8:18:29 PM
Location:  Niland, CA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  SP 3708(GP9)
Views:  1235   Comments: 2
SP 3708
Title:  SP 3708
Description:  Local power at the engine terminal in El Centro. SP 3708 was originally SP 5872, their first factory low-nosed Geep. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/22/2010 9:22:13 PM
Location:  El Centro, CA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  SP 3708(GP9)
Views:  586   Comments: 2
SP 3708
Title:  SP 3708
Description:  Proof that it does occasionally rain in the desert. SP 3708 shows off her factory low nose leading the IV local timetable east/compass south on the Calexico branch, passing the fertilizer plant at Rockwood, between Calipatria and Brawley. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  2/1/1988  Upload Date: 7/5/2010 10:35:21 PM
Location:  Rockwood, CA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  SP 3708(GP9)
Views:  847   Comments: 1


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