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Re: SP train wreck -- 1965, Modoc Line?

Author: OPRRMS

Date: 10-21-2018 - 23:13

James Bradley, Jr. Wrote:
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> If you pause the movie at 2:02, you will see the
> nose of locomotive 588X (the last number is not
> visible). It is the only identifiable locomotive
> number in the movie. By doing a little research,
> I was able to track the history of all SP
> locomotives with those numbers (5880-5889), with
> the exception of SP 5886. That's the only
> locomotive I couldn't find any information on
> (most likely because it was scrapped on site).
>
> If you can find any information on SP 5886 (the
> locomotive I believe was wrecked in the video), it
> should tell you exactly when and where this was
> filmed. Just a suggestion.
>
> --James Bradley, Jr.

All 20 of SP's low-nose GP9s remained on the roster until being retired between 1982 and 1998.

The 5886 which you referenced was renumbered to 3722 in the 1965 general renumbering, then to 3881 in 1977, and finally to 2869 in 1978. It was retired in 1984 and used as trade-in credit against new GP40-2s.

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Subject	Written By	Date/Time (PST)
SP train wreck -- 1965, Modoc Line?	AP	10-18-2018 - 20:59
Re: SP train wreck -- 1965, Modoc Line?	Frank in Oregon	10-19-2018 - 08:37
Re: SP train wreck -- 1965, Modoc Line?	Alf Doten	10-19-2018 - 09:21
Re: SP train wreck -- 1965, Modoc Line?	Jeff	10-19-2018 - 10:18
Re: SP train wreck -- 1965, Modoc Line?	Goatboat	10-19-2018 - 15:03
Re: SP train wreck -- 1965, Modoc Line?	HUTCH 7.62	10-19-2018 - 11:03
Re: SP train wreck -- 1965, Modoc Line?	WAF	10-19-2018 - 11:27
more current video of the modoc line. And shasta route	HUTCH 7.62	10-19-2018 - 13:32
Re: SP train wreck -- 1965, Modoc Line?	ke6qr	10-19-2018 - 16:40
Re: SP train wreck -- 1965, Modoc Line?	James Bradley, Jr.	10-21-2018 - 22:10
Re: SP train wreck -- 1965, Modoc Line?	OPRRMS	10-21-2018 - 23:13
Re: SP train wreck -- 1965, Modoc Line?	OPRRMS	10-21-2018 - 23:17
Re: SP train wreck -- 1965, Modoc Line?	James Bradley, Jr.	10-23-2018 - 23:16

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OPRRMS Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> James Bradley, Jr. Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If you pause the movie at 2:02, you will see
> the
> > nose of locomotive 588X (the last number is not
> > visible).  It is the only identifiable
> locomotive
> > number in the movie.  By doing a little
> research,
> > I was able to track the history of all SP
> > locomotives with those numbers (5880-5889),
> with
> > the exception of SP 5886.  That's the only
> > locomotive I couldn't find any information on
> > (most likely because it was scrapped on site).
> > 
> > If you can find any information on SP 5886 (the
> > locomotive I believe was wrecked in the video),
> it
> > should tell you exactly when and where this was
> > filmed.  Just a suggestion.
> > 
> > --James Bradley, Jr.
> 
> All 20 of SP's low-nose GP9s remained on the
> roster until being retired between 1982 and 1998.
> 
> The 5886 which you referenced was renumbered to
> 3722 in the 1965 general renumbering, then to 3881
> in 1977, and finally to 2869 in 1978.  It was
> retired in 1984 and used as trade-in credit
> against new GP40-2s.

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