SP GP30 5016 in Los Angeles, CA

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On Tuesday, October 22, 1974, Southern Pacific (SP) GP30 5016 was sitting in the power pool at Taylor Yard in Los Angeles, CA. 
SP 5016 was an EMD GP30, SP Class EF423-1. Reportedly: it was built in 1963, builders number 28188, SP 7406, SP Class DF-621. In 1965 it was renumbered to SP 5016.
The reported disposition of this locomotive is, retired in 1986 and sold in 1987, presumed scrapped.
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SP 3910 on the OC&E

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Southern Pacific (SP) SD9 3910 and 3942 were sitting in Klamath Falls, Oregon on Friday, July 20, 1973. These units were being used by the OC&E then. Perhaps they were waiting to go out on the “Midnight Logger.”
SP 3910 was an EMD SD9, SP Class EF618-3. Reportedly: it was built in 1955, builders number 20210, as SP 5432, SP Class DF-122. In 1965 it was renumbered to SP 3910.
Reportedly: it was upgraded in 1976 emerging as SP SD9E 4418 SP Class EF618E-1.
The reported disposition of this locomotive was, SP 4418 retired in 1995. Sold in 1996 to Progress Rail. Went to Nevada Northern. Became BHP-Nevada 205. Current status not known, presumed scrapped.
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