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SP 4338 and more SD9Es at Lombard, CA

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Southern Pacific (SP) 4338, 4346, 4349, and one more SD9 (SD9E) locomotive leads an NWP bound train through Lombard, CA on Friday Lombard, CA on Friday, July 30, 1976.
SP 4338 is an EMD SD9 (SD9E), SP Class EF618E-1. Reportedly: it was built in 1955 as a model SD9, builders number 19939, SP 5398, SP Class DF-122. In 1965 it was renumbered to SP 3876 SP Class EF618-3. It was upgraded in 1971 emerging as SP 4338 EMD SD9 (SD9E), SP Class EF618E-1.
The disposition of this locomotive is, retired March 1997. Sold April 1997. Became NREX 4338. Leased to Cargil. Current status not known.
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