OPRRMS Wrote:
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> butler Wrote:
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> > OPRRMS Wrote:
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> > > Butler Wrote:
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> > > > Here is a picture of SP 3035 in better days.
>
> > > > Taken Spring 1964 when I was enjoying the
> > > > hospitality of Uncle Sam at Ft. Ord, CA
> > > >
> > >
> > > 1974 maybe?
> >
> > No, NOT 1974! I was at Ft. Ord from Jan 7,
> 1964
> > to Memorial day weekend 1964. 4 months and 24
> days
> > to be exact. One does not forget that
> experience.
>
> The photo could not possible have been taken in
> 1964, because the railroad didn't start applying
> the SP on the front of the short hood until late
> 1971. In 1964, it would have just been scarlet
> with the locomotive number stenciled on it.

The other, more obvious reason that the photo couldn't have been taken in 1964 is because of SP' general locomotive renumbering that happened between late 1965 and mid-1966. In 1964, the 3035 carried number 4815. A cursory search failed to turn up an online photo of the 4815, but here's a Fred Stindt shot of sister unit 4804: [espee.railfan.net]. Note that the locomotive number is painted on the front of the short hood, not the SP.