On Sunday, November 17, 2024, 11:40 a.m., a westbound Union Pacific (UP) 3+0 intermodal train is at Monolith, near Tehachapi, CA. It has UP 5804, 5929 and 6664 for power.
UP 5804 is a Wabtec/GE C44ACM. Reportedly: It was built in 2002 as a GE AC4400CW, UP designation C44ACCTE, serial number 53571.
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At 2:17 p.m. on Friday, November 15, 2024, BNSF Railway (BNSF) 7390, 7590, NS 4645 and BNSF 8234 are leading a westbound 4+0 intermodal at Ash Hill, CA, on the BNSF Needles Subdivision.
BNSF 7390 is a GE ES44DC. Reportedly: It was built in 2010, builder's number 59887.
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On Veteran's Day, Monday, November 11, 2024, at MP 642, between Bertram and Salton along the Sunset route in CA, an eastbound 2+1+1 manifest has UP 9824, 7708 + 5913 + 7210.
UP 9824 is a Wabtec/GE C44ACM. Reportedly: It was built in 1994 as a GE C44-9W CNW 8720 builders number 48087.
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Southern Pacific U30C 7926 shows off two types of trucks at Antelope, CA on an unrecorded date in August 1977.
SP 7926 is a GE U30C, SP Class GF630-1. Reportedly: It was built in June 1968, builders number 36646. The disposition of this locomotive is, retired 1984, scrapped.
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Southern Pacific (SP) 8881 sitting on one of the whiskers at the old Bayshore Roundhouse, in San Francisco, CA, likely on August 11, 1977.
SP 8881 is an EMD SD45, SP Class EF636-2. Reportedly: It was built in 1967, builders number 32796. This locomotive was upgraded in 1982 emerging as SP 7445 SP Class EF636R-2. The disposition of this locomotive is, retired July 1997, to Boise Locomotive Co. Rebuilt to SD40M-2 CEFX 3139.
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Relatively rare bought new GP40 Cotton Belt (SSW) 7605. Notice in Roseville, CA, in August 1977 it has two types of radiator fans!
SSW 7605 is an EMD GP40, SP Class EF430C-1. Reportedly it was built in 1966, builders number 31488. This locomotive was upgraded in 1982 emerging as SP 7965 a model GP40R, SP Class EF430CR-1. The disposition of this locomotive is, classed by UP as a GP40-2 assigned Union Pacific number 1460, repainted in 2005. Still in service?
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Southern Pacific (SP) 7935 is with GP40-2 7613 in Roseville, CA, on an unrecorded date in 1978.
SP 7935 is a GE U30C, SP Class GF630-2. Reportedly: It was built in 1969, serial number 37177.
It was retired in 1984 after years of dead storage.
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