SP 9076 East

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It used to be I shot black and white film for the boring stuff. Color film was expensive for me In those days Southern Pacific (SP) SD45's and UP SD40's were considered boring, like GEVOs today. SP 9076, UP 3049, SP 9195 and possibly others lead a freight around the wye at Davis, California on an unrecorded date around 1973. The train is coming off the CalP and heading up what now is the California Northern. Then, it was the West Valley Line of the Southern Pacific. According to WAF, (This train) "is the OPS from Oakland, the general merchandise train (mostly lumber empties) between Oakland and Portland. Whether it actually went all the way to Portland is unknown. I suspect it got humped in Eugene and its Portland/Seattle cars forwarded to Portland."
SP 9076 is an EMD SD45, SP Class EF636-5. Reportedly: it built in 1969 builders number 34911. This locomotive was upgraded in 1984 emerging as SP 7489 SD45R, SP Class EF636LR-1.
The disposition of this locomotive is, sold 1994 to Helm Atlantic Leasing, HATX 915. Rebuilt to SD40-2M HLCX 6413.
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Unknown 35mm camera, Tri-X film, Negative 1.1.1.1.26A:
Hand Scan 2009.11.2.1.7-ph