SP 1204 in Tracy

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Southern Pacific (SP) 1204, an ALCo S6 in Tracy, CA with SP GP9 3575 on an unrecorded date in 1975.
SP 1204 is an ALCo S6, SP Class AS409-1. Reportedly it was built by ALCo in 1955 as SP 1037, SP Class DS-9, construction number 80927. It became SP 1204, SP Class AS409-1 in the 1965 renumbering. It was sold to Chrome Crankshaft in 1980. According to Ken Rattenne "The unit became Berry Feed & Seed (in Keyes, CA) then AL Gilbert 1204. The unit was remote controlled and in 2001 or 2002 there was a serious mishap and the unit was sold for scrap in late 2002."
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Negative 1.1.2.30.29, Hand Scan 2010.1.8.1.28-ph