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SP SW900 1170 in Oakland

Author: Steve Sloan, San Jose, CA

Date: 05-05-2014 - 18:45

More little motors...

http://www.ssloan.net/trains/sp/_images0001/sp1170_0001.jpg

Southern Pacific SW900 1170 at West Oakland on October 4, 1974. This looks like the Homestead to me. Does anybody know the track number here?

Reportedly (sources) SW900 SP 1170 was built in April 1954 as SP 4624, Class DF-305. Serial number 19526, order number 4273. It was changed to Class DS-305 in 1963. It's second number was assigned in the 1965 renumbering as SP 1170, SP Class ES409-1. It was rebuilt on December 12, 1974 when it became SP 1198, SP Class ES409E-1. It was retired in Dec. 1986, sold to Levin Metals in Oct. 1987 and scrapped in late 1988.

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 SW900 1170 in Oakland	Steve Sloan, San Jose, CA	05-05-2014 - 18:45
Re: SP SW900 1170 in Oakland	Shortline Sammie	05-05-2014 - 19:47
Re: SP SW900 1170 in Oakland	OPRRMS	05-05-2014 - 20:54
Re: SP SW900 1170 in Oakland	Steve Sloan, San Jose, CA	05-06-2014 - 08:19

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Steve Sloan, San Jose, CA Wrote:
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> More little motors...
> 
> http://www.ssloan.net/trains/sp/_images0001/sp1170
> _0001.jpg
> 
> Southern Pacific SW900 1170 at West Oakland on
> October 4, 1974. This looks like the Homestead to
> me. Does anybody know the track number here?
> 
> Reportedly (sources) SW900 SP 1170 was built in
> April 1954 as SP 4624, Class DF-305. Serial number
> 19526, order number 4273. It was changed to Class
> DS-305 in 1963. It's second number was assigned in
> the 1965 renumbering as SP 1170, SP Class ES409-1.
> It was rebuilt on December 12, 1974 when it became
> SP 1198, SP Class ES409E-1. It was retired in Dec.
> 1986, sold to Levin Metals in Oct. 1987 and
> scrapped in late 1988.
> 
> 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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