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Viewing Album:  SP - EMD Frt Locos (GP9)
 
By:Ron Hawkins
Dates:11/1/1972 - 12/31/2013
Album Info:Various Southern Pacific freight GP9 and rebuilt GP9E/R locomotives.
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SP 3527
Title:  SP 3527
Description:  SP 3527 will be put back together by the folks at Taylor shops and run almost two more years before being rebuilt.
Photo Date:  3/10/1973  Upload Date: 1/23/2023 11:27:34 AM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3527(GP9)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
SP 3557
Title:  SP 3557
Description:  SP 3557 will soon be heading north to enter the rebuilding program and exit in late June as SP 3382.
Photo Date:  3/10/1973  Upload Date: 1/23/2023 11:28:51 AM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3557(GP9)
Views:  168   Comments: 0
SP 3582
Title:  SP 3582
Description:  In less than three months SP 3582 will emerge from Sacramento shops on 7 June 1973 as SP 3751.
Photo Date:  3/10/1973  Upload Date: 1/23/2023 11:29:14 AM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3582(GP9)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
SP 3720
Title:  SP 3720
Description:  SP 3720 is parked outside the long gone Taylor diesel shops.
Photo Date:  3/10/1973  Upload Date: 1/28/2023 10:37:11 AM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3720(GP9)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
SP 3331
Title:  SP 3331
Description:  SP 3331 was the second rebuilt GP9 released with the large "SP" applied to the nose as part of the standard paint scheme.
Photo Date:  3/31/1973  Upload Date: 2/11/2023 8:51:46 AM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3331(GP9R)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
SP 3331
Title:  SP 3331
Description:  Nose view of SP 3331.
Photo Date:  3/31/1973  Upload Date: 2/11/2023 8:52:06 AM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3331(GP9R)
Views:  115   Comments: 0
SP 3495
Title:  SP 3495
Description:  Rear view of SP 3495.
Photo Date:  4/15/1973  Upload Date: 1/23/2023 11:25:38 AM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3495(GP9)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
SP 3495
Title:  SP 3495
Description:  SP 3495 was delivered as SP 5662 in March 1956.
Photo Date:  4/15/1973  Upload Date: 1/23/2023 11:26:05 AM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3495(GP9)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
SP 3735
Title:  SP 3735
Description:  Rear view of SP 3735.
Photo Date:  4/15/1973  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 6:10:19 PM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3735(GP9R)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
SP 3735
Title:  SP 3735
Description:  One year old SP 3735 was released from Sacramento shops in April 1972.
Photo Date:  4/15/1973  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 6:10:42 PM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3735(GP9R)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
SP 3530
Title:  SP 3530
Description:  SP 3530 is working local duty based out of Marysville.
Photo Date:  6/17/1973  Upload Date: 1/23/2023 11:28:19 AM
Location:  Marysville, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3530(GP9)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
SP 3600
Title:  SP 3600
Description:  As a new day starts SP 3600 waits to go to work.
Photo Date:  6/17/1973  Upload Date: 1/24/2023 2:24:59 PM
Location:  Marysville, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3600(GP9)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
SP 3607
Title:  SP 3607
Description:  Rear view of SP 3607.
Photo Date:  6/17/1973  Upload Date: 1/24/2023 2:25:25 PM
Location:  Marysville, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3607(GP9)
Views:  115   Comments: 0
SP 3607
Title:  SP 3607
Description:  SP 3607 was delivered as SP 5766 in March 1957.
Photo Date:  6/17/1973  Upload Date: 1/24/2023 2:25:49 PM
Location:  Marysville, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3607(GP9)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
SP 3513
Title:  SP 3513
Description:  Rear view of SP 3513.
Photo Date:  7/21/1973  Upload Date: 1/23/2023 11:26:36 AM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3513(GP9)
Views:  157   Comments: 0
SP 3513
Title:  SP 3513
Description:  SP 3513 will run two more years before being rebuilt in July 1975.
Photo Date:  7/21/1973  Upload Date: 1/23/2023 11:27:00 AM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3513(GP9)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
SP 3658
Title:  SP 3658
Description:  Rear view of SP 3658.
Photo Date:  7/21/1973  Upload Date: 1/24/2023 2:28:39 PM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3658(GP9)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
SP 3658
Title:  SP 3658
Description:  SP 3658 is about to leave the yard with a long cut of reefers.
Photo Date:  7/21/1973  Upload Date: 1/24/2023 2:29:16 PM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3658(GP9)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
SP 3324
Title:  SP 3324
Description:  SP 3324 was the first rebuilt GP9 released in 1971.
Photo Date:  11/25/1973  Upload Date: 2/8/2023 10:53:56 AM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3324(GP9R)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
SP 3757
Title:  SP 3757
Description:  SP 3757 along with a U25B are parked in the Pacific Fruit Express (PFE) car repair yard.
Photo Date:  12/9/1973  Upload Date: 3/9/2023 11:07:37 AM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3757(GP9R)
Views:  121   Comments: 0
SP 3631
Title:  SP 3631
Description:  On this cold, rainy day SP 3631 heads east pass the old depot with a U25B in tow.
Photo Date:  1/6/1974  Upload Date: 1/24/2023 2:26:33 PM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3631(GP9)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
SP 3735
Title:  SP 3735
Description:  Rear view of SP 3735 with the Taylor yard engine faciltiy in the background.
Photo Date:  2/9/1974  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 6:11:13 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3735(GP9R)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
SP 3395
Title:  SP 3395
Description:  So what catches your eyes first? The PMT sign? The wooden building? The Chevy truck? The freshly repainted boxcar? Maybe it's all of those, plus SP 3395 still looking new after only eight months on the road.
Photo Date:  8/22/1974  Upload Date: 2/24/2023 2:45:26 PM
Location:  Modesto, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3395(GP9R)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
SP 3663
Title:  SP 3663
Description:  SP 3663 waits to go to work on another hot summer day in the Central Valley.
Photo Date:  8/22/1974  Upload Date: 1/24/2023 2:30:34 PM
Location:  Fresno, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3663(GP9)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
SP 3382
Title:  SP 3382
Description:  SP 3382 gets the first rays of the day as it waits to start local service in the northern Central Valley.
Photo Date:  8/23/1974  Upload Date: 2/20/2023 3:44:42 PM
Location:  Marysville, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3382(GP9R)
Views:  118   Comments: 0
SP 3367
Title:  SP 3367
Description:  SP 3367 was delivered as T&NO 400 in May 1954.
Photo Date:  3/23/1975  Upload Date: 2/18/2023 4:04:52 PM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3367(GP9R)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
SP 3656
Title:  SP 3656
Description:  SP 3656 was delivered as TNO 452 in February 1959.
Photo Date:  8/16/1975  Upload Date: 1/24/2023 2:27:16 PM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3656(GP9)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
SP 3656
Title:  SP 3656
Description:  SP 3656 is parked on one of the legs of the wye while waiting for its next assignment.
Photo Date:  10/4/1975  Upload Date: 1/24/2023 2:27:48 PM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3656(GP9)
Views:  163   Comments: 0
SP 3658
Title:  SP 3658
Description:  SP 3658 was delivered as TNO 454 in February 1959.
Photo Date:  4/12/1976  Upload Date: 1/24/2023 2:29:56 PM
Location:  Santa Clara, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3658(GP9)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
SP 3820
Title:  SP 3820
Description:  SP 3820 was released from Sacramento shops less than a year earlier in August 1975.
Photo Date:  4/12/1976  Upload Date: 3/16/2023 9:07:08 AM
Location:  Santa Clara, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3820(GP9R)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
SP 3314
Title:  SP 3314
Description:  Top view of SP 3314.
Photo Date:  3/20/1977  Upload Date: 2/6/2023 9:48:39 AM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3314(GP9R)
Views:  197   Comments: 0
SP 3715
Title:  SP 3715
Description:  SP 3715 is part of a mixed bag helper set waiting to assist an eastbound freight over Beaumont pass.
Photo Date:  4/7/1977  Upload Date: 1/28/2023 10:32:41 AM
Location:  Loma Linda, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3715(GP9)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
SP 3715
Title:  SP 3715
Description:  Rear view of SP 3715.
Photo Date:  4/7/1977  Upload Date: 1/28/2023 10:33:18 AM
Location:  Loma Linda, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3715(GP9)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
SP 3801
Title:  SP 3801
Description:  Rear view of SP 3801.
Photo Date:  4/7/1977  Upload Date: 3/15/2023 2:05:54 PM
Location:  Fontana, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3801(GP9R)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
SP 3801
Title:  SP 3801
Description:  Only a month after leaving Sacramento shops SP 3801 runs light through what was then rural Fontana.
Photo Date:  4/7/1977  Upload Date: 3/15/2023 2:06:12 PM
Location:  Fontana, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3801(GP9R)
Views:  159   Comments: 0
SP 3834
Title:  SP 3834
Description:  Over a year after rebuilding a very clean looking SP 3834 catches the first light of day just north of Bakersfield.
Photo Date:  7/29/1977  Upload Date: 3/19/2023 11:31:42 AM
Location:  Famoso, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  124   Comments: 0
SP 3834
Title:  SP 3834
Description:  Side view of SP 3834.
Photo Date:  7/29/1977  Upload Date: 3/19/2023 11:32:04 AM
Location:  Famoso, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  82   Comments: 0
SP 3711
Title:  SP 3711
Description:  A very tired looking SP 3711 rolls through Marysville in the company of rebuilt GP9s.
Photo Date:  8/5/1977  Upload Date: 1/28/2023 10:32:01 AM
Location:  Marysville, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3711(GP9)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
SP 3878
Title:  SP 3878
Description:  SP 3878 heads up a loaded lumber train moving through Marysville.
Photo Date:  8/5/1977  Upload Date: 3/26/2023 12:12:49 PM
Location:  Marysville, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 3878(GP9R)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
SP 3878
Title:  SP 3878
Description:  SP 3878 rolls by the National Ice & Cold Storage building in Marysville.
Photo Date:  8/5/1977  Upload Date: 3/26/2023 12:13:05 PM
Location:  Marysville, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3878(GP9R)
Views:  117   Comments: 0
SP 3845
Title:  SP 3845
Description:  Eight months after its release from Sacramento shops SP 3845 is holding down local assignments based out of Anaheim.
Photo Date:  10/11/1977  Upload Date: 3/20/2023 2:25:29 PM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3845(GP9R)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
SP 3845 and SP 2501
Title:  SP 3845 and SP 2501
Description:  As more GP9Rs like SP 3845 became available the fewer SW1500s like SP 2501 could be found working out of Anaheim.
Photo Date:  10/11/1977  Upload Date: 3/20/2023 2:25:52 PM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3845(GP9R) SP 2501(SW1500)
Views:  127   Comments: 0
SP 3845
Title:  SP 3845
Description:  SP 3845 shares a track with a Cotton Belt non-rebuilt GP9 and a string of loaded cars waiting to be delivered to local industries.
Photo Date:  10/11/1977  Upload Date: 3/20/2023 2:26:12 PM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3845(GP9R)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
SP 3715
Title:  SP 3715
Description:  Nose view of SP 3715.
Photo Date:  11/2/1977  Upload Date: 1/28/2023 10:33:57 AM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  143   Comments: 0
SP 3715, SSW 4137, and SP 3740
Title:  SP 3715, SSW 4137, and SP 3740
Description:  With palm trees as a backdrop, SP 3715, SSW 4137, and SP 3740 idle away while parked on a leg of the Anaheim wye.
Photo Date:  11/2/1977  Upload Date: 1/28/2023 10:34:22 AM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  195   Comments: 0
SP 3715
Title:  SP 3715
Description:  SP 3715 is one of twenty low nose GP9s delivered to Espee during the summer of 1959.
Photo Date:  11/2/1977  Upload Date: 1/28/2023 10:34:44 AM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  169   Comments: 0
SP 3740
Title:  SP 3740
Description:  The lack of a full headlight package means SP 3740 was originally delivered as TNO 447 in December 1956.
Photo Date:  11/2/1977  Upload Date: 3/7/2023 9:19:01 AM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3740(GP9R)
Views:  125   Comments: 0
SP 3845
Title:  SP 3845
Description:  SP 3845 would continue in service into the 90's before being retired in January 1991.
Photo Date:  11/10/1977  Upload Date: 3/20/2023 2:26:35 PM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3845(GP9R)
Views:  69   Comments: 0
SP 3688
Title:  SP 3688
Description:  SP 3688 heads out of the yard with the assistance of three GP35s.
Photo Date:  1/28/1978  Upload Date: 1/26/2023 1:21:27 PM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 3688(GP9)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
SP 3329
Title:  SP 3329
Description:  On a then rare clear day SP 3329 heads out of the east end of West Colton yard with a GE U-Boat (hopefully working) and a long string of cars in tow.
Photo Date:  3/25/1978  Upload Date: 2/10/2023 10:08:51 AM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 3329(GP9R)
Views:  149   Comments: 0

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