Altamont Press Discussion Board :: Discussion

SP ALCo C628's, Part 5

Author: Steve Sloan, San Jose, CA

Date: 05-03-2014 - 20:36

Back to the big ALCos...

http://www.ssloan.net/trains/sp/sp7109_0001.jpg

Me on an SP Alco C628, the 7109. I was 14 at this time. This is a scan off a slide my father took in Roseville, CA. I climbed up on one and he took the photo. This was likely in the Spring of 1970. The ALCos were on likely their way to the BN, who leased them that year. My dad was an SP locomotive engineer so we went anywhere we wanted, including inside the shops.

Reportedly (sources), according to Strapac's great SP Compendium series, SP 7109 was built in April as SP 4850. In the 1965 renumbering it became SP 7109, SP Class AF628-2. In Jan. 1974 it was downgraded to switcher status and became 3121, SP Class AS628-1. It was sold in for scrap in Feb. 1980.

http://www.ssloan.net/trains/sp/_images0002/sp3121_0001.jpg

SP C628 3121 switches in Eugene, Oregon on an unrecorded day in January 1977.

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.

Navigate: Previous Message•Next Message

Options: Reply To This Message•Quote This Message

Subject	Written By	Date/Time (PST)
SP ALCo C628's, Part 5	Steve Sloan, San Jose, CA	05-03-2014 - 20:36
Re: SP ALCo C628's, Part 5/PFE Ice House	Peter D.	05-04-2014 - 22:13
Re: SP ALCo C628's, Part 5/PFE Ice House	Steve Sloan, San Jose, CA	05-05-2014 - 16:44

Go to: Message List•Search

Subject:
Your Name:

Help information:

BBcode help

Spam prevention:

Please, enter the code that you see below in the input field. This is for blocking bots that try to post this form automatically.

  ******   ********  ********  **    **  **     ** 
 **    **  **    **     **      **  **    **   **  
 **            **       **       ****      ** **   
 **           **        **        **        ***    
 **          **         **        **       ** **   
 **    **    **         **        **      **   **  
  ******     **         **        **     **     **

Enter code:

Steve Sloan, San Jose, CA Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Back to the big ALCos...
> 
> http://www.ssloan.net/trains/sp/sp7109_0001.jpg
> 
> Me on an SP Alco C628, the 7109. I was 14 at this
> time. This is a scan off a slide my father took in
> Roseville, CA. I climbed up on one and he took the
> photo. This was likely in the Spring of 1970. The
> ALCos were on likely their way to the BN, who
> leased them that year. My dad was an SP locomotive
> engineer so we went anywhere we wanted, including
> inside the shops.
> 
> Reportedly (sources), according to Strapac's great
> SP Compendium series, SP 7109 was built in April
> as SP 4850. In the 1965 renumbering it became SP
> 7109, SP Class AF628-2. In Jan. 1974 it was
> downgraded to switcher status and became 3121, SP
> Class AS628-1. It was sold in for scrap in Feb.
> 1980.
> 
> http://www.ssloan.net/trains/sp/_images0002/sp3121
> _0001.jpg
> 
> SP C628 3121 switches in Eugene, Oregon on an
> unrecorded day in January 1977.
> 
> 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

This message board is maintained by:Altamont Press
You can send us an email at altamontpress1@gmail.com