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SP 2873
Title:  SP 2873
Description:  One of the first Geeps to wear Kodachrome paint, SP 2873 is now preserved at the Western Pacific Railway museum in Portola, CA. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1986  Upload Date: 3/13/2010 10:09:30 AM
Location:  Bakersfield, CA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  SP 2873(GP9)
Views:  3154   Comments: 2
SP 2873
Title:  SP 2873
Description:  SP 2873 works the Oil City local at Oildale. She is now preserved at the WP museum in Portola, CA. SJVR operates this trackage now. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1986  Upload Date: 3/13/2010 11:19:31 AM
Location:  Oildale, CA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  SP 2873(GP9)
Views:  1584   Comments: 5
SP 3538
Title:  SP 3538
Description:  Northbound Cotton Belt tonnage behind a pair of SP GP9s and an SD45. SP 3538 was later rebuilt to GP9E 3384. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1972  Upload Date: 12/10/2008 7:35:30 AM
Location:  Cahokia, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  SP 3538(GP9)
Views:  773   Comments: 1
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:  1250   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:  591   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:  853   Comments: 1


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