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SP 3706 EMD GP9, SP Class EF418-8

            SP GP9’s 3706, 3658 and black widow painted 3611 approach Stockton tower on January 1, 1973. “SP westbound Santa Fe Tower, SP Westbound!” About this photo WAF said, "Got bumped from piggybacks as GP20s, GP30s, GP35s, U25Bs, Alco 721s came along. Great locomotive in the RV pool to handle Bay Area trains when RV needed to turn back the big C-C for the mountain trains." He said the train is a "Valley drag to Tracy or Fresno." According to sources including Strapac's great SP Compendium series, SP 3706 was built in April 1959 by EMD as a model GP9, builders number 25143, SP 5843, SP Class DF-612. In 1965 it was renumbered to SP 3706 SP Class EF418-8. It was upgraded in December 1976 becoming SP 3841. The disposition of this locomotive is, 3841 was retired in Dec. 1993 and sold in March 1995 Omni-Trax. In 1995 it went to Ottawa Valley Rail Link 4203 then Central Western Railway 4000. Current status not known.
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Analog Photo Kodachrome Slide
   

Taken on: January 1, 1973

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Sets appears in: • January 1973 • Central Valley Trains more » • Train Scans 2.0 • 1970-1979 Train photos • SP, Southern Pacific « less

Groups appears in: • Trains of the 70's and 80's • SP Cadillacs, Geeps, and Tunnel Motors more » • EMD Locomotives • Southern Pacific Railroad • Western US Rails « less

Camera: Nikon LS-50 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon LS-50
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.8 (Macintosh)
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