Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Night Switchers

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SP ALCo S6 1206 and SW1500 2632 were sitting outside the yard office at the SP Ozol Yard in Martienez, CA, on the night of Wednesday, January 3, 1973.
SP 1206 was an ALCo S6, SP Class AS409-1. Reportedly, it was built in 1955, builders number 80929, as SP 1039, Class DS-9. It was renumbered 1206, Class AS409-1, in 1966. After retirement it was sold to City of Grand Island, Platte Generating Station 1 and sold as AGP Grain Cooperative 1.
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Analog Image, Ektachrome (E4) Slide 2.5-127, Scan 2010.9.26.1.2-ph


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