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SP SW8's Part 1

Author: Steve Sloan, San Jose, CA

Date: 05-01-2014 - 18:49

Downsizing a bit.

http://www.ssloan.net/trains/sp/_images0001/sp1115_0001.jpg

Southern Pacific SW8 1115 is in West Oakland on August 8, 1974.

Reportedly (sources) SP 1105 is an EMD SW8 built as SP 4610 SP Class DF302, Serial Number: 17337 Order No: 4180 Frame Number: 4180-7 Built: March 1953. In 1963 it's class was changed to SP Class DS-602. In the 1965 renumbering it became SP 1115 SP Class AS408-2. In 1977 it was sold to Chrome Crankshaft and in November 1978 it became Yreka Western Railroad 21.

Information, stories, suggestions, comments and/or constructive corrections are appreciated.

~Steve Sloan

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Steve Sloan E-mail: steve@ssloan.net

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SP SW8's Part 1	Steve Sloan, San Jose, CA	05-01-2014 - 18:49
Re: SP SW8's Part 1	George Andrews	05-01-2014 - 18:58
Re: SP SW8's Part 1	OPRRMS	05-01-2014 - 22:56
Re: SP SW8's Part 1	SP5103	05-01-2014 - 21:13
Re: SP SW8's Part 1	Bill K.	05-02-2014 - 06:57
Re: SP SW8's Part 1	Steve Sloan, San Jose, CA	05-02-2014 - 08:38
Re: SP SW8's Part 1 - Bill	Chief Dan Mathews	05-03-2014 - 13:16
Re: SP SW8's Part 1 - Bill	Bill K.	05-03-2014 - 13:38
Re: SP SW8's Part 1 - Bill	Chief Dan Mathews	05-04-2014 - 10:17
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Steve Sloan, San Jose, CA Wrote:
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> Downsizing a bit.
> 
> http://www.ssloan.net/trains/sp/_images0001/sp1115
> _0001.jpg
> 
> Southern Pacific SW8 1115 is in West Oakland on
> August 8, 1974.
> 
> Reportedly (sources) SP 1105 is an EMD SW8 built
> as SP 4610 SP Class DF302, Serial Number: 17337
> Order No: 4180 Frame Number: 4180-7 Built: March
> 1953. In 1963 it's class was changed to SP Class
> DS-602. In the 1965 renumbering it became SP 1115
> SP Class AS408-2. In 1977 it was sold to Chrome
> Crankshaft and in November 1978 it became Yreka
> Western Railroad 21.
> 
> Information, stories, suggestions, comments and/or
> constructive corrections are appreciated.
> 
> ~Steve Sloan
> 
> -------------------------------
> 
> Steve Sloan E-mail: steve@ssloan.net
> 
> These photos, and many others, are on my train
> photo website here.
> 
> Sharing and copyright Info
> 
> This work is licensed under a Creative Commons
> Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0
> International License.
> http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/4.0/88x31.
> png

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