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SP SD45T-2 9168 on a reefer block (OGRVR) at Center Street in Roseville, CA on Sunday, September 29, 1974. According to Bruce Holder, "When they widened Atlantic St they eliminated Berry St crossing and put in a new crossing aligned with Center St." My dad was a Western Division engineer on the SP from 1945 - 1977. He referred to every train that was made up of solid reefers as a "reefer block."
SP 9168 is an EMD SD45T-2, SP Class EF636-7. Reportedly: it was built in 1972, builders number 7336-03.
This locomotive was upgraded in 1986 emerging as SP 6783 SP Class EF636LR-6.
The disposition of this locomotive is, sold to Helm in 1995 as HATX 935. Rebuilt to an EMD SD40-3 it became DMIR 413 in Dec. 1996.
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Unknown Film Camera, Panatomic-X negative 1.0.2.13.39,
Hand scan 2009.11.28.2.14-ph
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