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Reportedly (sources) SP 1100 and 1150 were built as EMD Demonstrators 1600-1600B EMD order number 4147-01 shipped Nov. 1950. Early 1951 while demonstrating on SP SP purchased them, the TR6A becoming SP 4600 SP class DF-300. Class changed to SP class DS-600 in 1963. It became SP1100 SP Class ES408-1 in 1965. It was retired in Feb. 1983. In April 1985 it was sold to a dealer and leased to Eureka Southern. Then in 1987 it went to the Quicy Railroad in Susanville, CA. From there it went to the Feather River Rail Society.

Craig Tambo said, "The steam-era headlight was added after it was separated from its b-unit, as it was Story Continued Here



A cow without its calf, SP TR6A 1100 "Lil Lulu" in the now gone Links Yard near Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on December 28, 1973. This engine ended up in Portola at the railroad museum there. The unique steam engine rear headlight was sadly lost along the way. A cow without its calf, SP TR6A 1100 "Lil Lulu" in the now gone Links Yard near Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on December 28, 1973. This engine ended up in Portola at the railroad museum there. The unique steam engine rear headlight was sadly lost along the way.



Jim Baker of Whittier said, "I believe it is actually in the 'Cornfield' portion of the Cornfield-Bull Ring yards in what was once known as River Station along Alameda and Spring Streets on Los Angeles.

"The two yards were separated by a diagonal string of double slip switches all hand operated.

"The Links Yard was at what is today the MTA Gold Line Maintenance Facility just north of the tunnels on the Pasadena Parkway (formerly known as the Pasadena Freeway) and the bridge at Dayton Avenue Tower.



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