Monday, April 1, 2024

Geeps in the southbay

Southern Pacific (SP) Geeps 3356 and 3515 sit in San Jose on an unrecorded date in 1972 waiting for work.
SP 3356 is an EMD GP9 (GP9E), SP Class EF418E-2. Reportedly: it was built in 1956 by EMD as a model GP9, builders number 21319, SP 5626, SP Class DF-607.
In 1965 it was renumbered to SP 3459 SP Class EF418-6.
This locomotive was upgraded in 1972 emerging as SP 3356 EMD GP9 (GP9E) SP Class EF418E-2.
The disposition of this locomotive is: retired 1986, sold 1987, presumed scrapped.
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Analog Image, Kodachrome Slide 2.5-850, Scan 2011.1.22.2.2-ph

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