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Re: Cow without its Calf
Author: Jeff Moore
Date: 03-03-2010 - 22:06

A little more history on this unit.

The unit started out as SP #4600, then to #1100. In the spring of 1985 SP sold an option to buy the unit to John Bradley of Willits, California. John moved the locomotive onto the Eureka Southern Railroad, who used the locomotive a couple times, primarily in local service around the Eureka area. According to Stindt's NWP Volume 2 book, the unit already had the Little Lulu name by the time it arrived on the EUKA.

The #1100 remained on the EUKA for about a year. In early 1986 the option to buy the unit expired, which coincided with SP's decision to lease the Susanville branch to Sierra Pacific Industries. When the option expired SP recalled the unit from John and then re-sold it to SPI for use on the Susanville line. It remained the sole power on that division from 1986 until 1997/1998, when SPI shipped two ex-Amador Central EMD's north to the Quincy operations.

Jeff Moore
Elko, NV

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  Re: Cow without its Calf Steve Sloan 03-03-2010 - 08:04
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  Re: Cow without its Calf George Andrews 03-03-2010 - 11:25
  Re: Cow without its Calf Steve Sloan 03-03-2010 - 11:36
  Re: Cow without its Calf Howard Cohen 03-03-2010 - 12:36
  Re: Cow without its Calf Curtis R. Milburn 03-03-2010 - 19:01
  Re: Cow without its Calf GTB 03-03-2010 - 22:03
  Re: Cow without its Calf Jeff Moore 03-03-2010 - 22:06
  Re: Cow without its Calf Craig Tambo 03-04-2010 - 01:16
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