SP F-M on Train 132

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Southern Pacific (SP) Fairbanks-Morse H-24-66 Train Master 3020 led train 132 past 4th St. Tower in San Francisco date not recorded, circa 1974.
SP 3020 was a Fairbanks-Morse H-24-66, SP Class FP624-1. Reportedly: it was built as Fairbanks-Morse Train Master demonstrator TM-3 in 1953, construction number 24-L-732. It was purchased by SP in 1953 and became SP 4800, class DF-500. In the 1965 renumbering it became SP 3020. It was retired in 1974, sold to Chrome Crankshaft and scrapped.
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SP Commute GP9 3003

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On an unknown date, in September 1972, Southern Pacific train 118 powered by commute GP9 3003 raced past a group of Train Masters that were waiting out the weekend in San Jose, CA.
SP 3003 was an EMD GP9, SP Class EP418-2. Reportedly it was built in 1954 as SP 5603, SP Class DF-603, serial number 19564. It became SP 3003, SP Class EP418-2 in the 1965 renumbering. In 1975 it was rebuilt becoming GP-9R 3186, SP Class EP418E-1. In 1995 it was retired and in 1996 it was sold to Progress Rail. In 2000 it became Western Rail (WRIX) 3186 rebuilt with a chopped nose. In 2006 it was resold to Kalama Export Co., in Kalama, WA. Current status not known.
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HO VGN F-M

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The Rapido H-16-44s are coming out. I just saw this model of Virginian Railway (VGN) 39 at the The San Francisco Bay Area’s Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet (BAPM) in Richmond, CA on Saturday, June 21, 2025. I like F-Ms.
The real VGN 39 was a Fairbanks-Morse H-16-44. Reportedly it was built in 1955, builder's number 16L992. It became NW 139.
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SP 2353 in San Jose

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Southern Pacific (SP) F-M H-12-44 2353 is shown passing the College Park station in San Jose, CA on an unknown day in the summer of 1972.
SP 2353 was an F-M H-12-44. Reportedly, it was built in 1952 as SP 1489, SP Class DS-113, F-M construction number 12-L-656. In 1965 it became SP 2353, SP Class FS412-1. It was retired in 1973.
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F-M Switcher at Mission Bay

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Southern Pacific (SP) Fairbanks-Morse (F-M) H-12-44 2358 was in Mission Bay Yard in San Francisco in late summer 1974.
SP 2358 was an F-M H-12-44, SP Class FS412-2. Reportedly: it was built in 1953 as SP 1531, SP Class DS-117, F-M construction number 12-L-762. It was retired in 1975. You can see some of the differences between this order and the previous order of SP F-M switchers. The curved trim is gone and the battery boxes are square and ventilated. This was the only F-M switcher class that came MU equipped.
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