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West Colton Yard in 1983
Title:  West Colton Yard in 1983
Description:  A quartet of SP EMD units at the west end of the yard.
Photo Date:  1/18/1983  Upload Date: 11/2/2014 1:45:45 PM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Garry Folkeson
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 3828(GP9R) SP 7640(GP40-2) SP 7636(GP40-2) SP 7661(GP40-2)
Views:  859   Comments: 0
Beautiful Downtown Petaluma
Title:  Beautiful Downtown Petaluma
Description:  SP GP9E 3828 and SW1500 2594 work the small yard at Petaluma CA in August 1985
Photo Date:  8/29/1985  Upload Date: 11/10/2012 10:26:50 PM
Location:  Petaluma, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3828(GP9R) SP 2594(SW1500)
Views:  898   Comments: 0
SP 3828
Title:  SP 3828
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/1994  Upload Date: 11/28/2009 7:26:31 PM
Location:  South San Francisco, CA
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3828(GP9R)
Views:  527   Comments: 0
SP 3829
Title:  SP 3829
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/1985  Upload Date: 1/11/2009 10:38:27 PM
Location:  Unknown, CA
Author:  Eric Larson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3829(GP9R)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
SP 3883 at Kingsburg
Title:  SP 3883 at Kingsburg
Description:  D H Smith photo
Photo Date:  4/6/1990  Upload Date: 6/10/2023 4:20:30 AM
Location:  Kingsburg, CA
Author:  D H Smith
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3883(GP9R) SP 3829(GP9R)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
SP 3831
Title:  SP 3831
Description:  Roseville assigned SP 3831 is working in local service at the northern end of the Central Valley.
Photo Date:  9/6/1981  Upload Date: 3/19/2023 11:30:35 AM
Location:  Marysville, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3831(GP9R)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
SP 3831
Title:  SP 3831
Description:  Rear view of SP 3831.
Photo Date:  9/6/1981  Upload Date: 3/19/2023 11:30:53 AM
Location:  Marysville, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3831(GP9R)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
SP 3831 East at Forest Lake as dusk
Title:  SP 3831 East at Forest Lake as dusk
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/12/1983  Upload Date: 6/2/2006 1:31:51 PM
Location:  Galt, CA
Author:  Steve Schmollinger
Categories:  Night,Action
Locomotives:  SP 3831(GP9R)
Views:  670   Comments: 1
SP GP9E 3831 works the SP to NWP interchange
Title:  SP GP9E 3831 works the SP to NWP interchange
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/13/1984  Upload Date: 9/17/2006 10:33:36 AM
Location:  Schellville, CA
Author:  M.L. Gabert
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3831(GP9R)
Views:  725   Comments: 0
SP 3846 at Warm Springs
Title:  SP 3846 at Warm Springs
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  9/6/1987  Upload Date: 4/21/2021 4:02:35 AM
Location:  Fremont, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3846(GP9R) SP 3831(GP9R)
Views:  403   Comments: 3
High Hood SP 3832
Title:  High Hood SP 3832
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 2/10/2004 8:17:35 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Unknown Author
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3832(GP9R)
Views:  568   Comments: 1
SP 3834
Title:  SP 3834
Description:  Over a year after rebuilding a very clean looking SP 3834 catches the first light of day just north of Bakersfield.
Photo Date:  7/29/1977  Upload Date: 3/19/2023 11:31:42 AM
Location:  Famoso, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3834(GP9R)
Views:  200   Comments: 0
SP 3834
Title:  SP 3834
Description:  Side view of SP 3834.
Photo Date:  7/29/1977  Upload Date: 3/19/2023 11:32:04 AM
Location:  Famoso, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3834(GP9R)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
SP 3834
Title:  SP 3834
Description:  Only SP would use GP9's as helpers on a mountain grade in 1980 behind a pig train. I love it! - Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  5/28/1980  Upload Date: 5/22/2008 5:28:48 AM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  John Huey
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  SP 3834(GP9R)
Views:  1720   Comments: 0
SP 3834
Title:  SP 3834
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1980  Upload Date: 10/12/2017 1:10:55 PM
Location:  Roseville, CA
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3834(GP9R)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
SP GP9E 3834
Title:  SP GP9E 3834
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/10/1981  Upload Date: 6/28/2013 10:53:19 PM
Location:  Reno, NV
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 3834(GP9R) SP 3853(GP9R)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
SP GP9E 3853
Title:  SP GP9E 3853
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/10/1981  Upload Date: 6/28/2013 10:53:59 PM
Location:  Reno, NV
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 3853(GP9R) SP 3834(GP9R)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
SP 3834
Title:  SP 3834
Description:  In 1982, Los Angeles experimented with commuter trains between downtown and Oxnard, in nearby Ventura County. Is was underfunded and poorly executed and, with average daily ridership of just 130 commuters per day, lasted only five months. On the evening of December 2, 1982, train #101 (Los Angeles to Oxnard) departs Union Station with leased Cal Train equipment - SP GP9R 3834 (ex-SP 3707, nee-SP 5844) with a full light package, and a pair of ex-SP gallery coaches (the second io full Cal Train colors). In 1992, a vastly improved commuter system, Metrolink, began service, which continues to this day.
Photo Date:  12/2/1982  Upload Date: 2/23/2012 12:28:18 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  SP 3834(GP9R)
Views:  723   Comments: 0
SP 3835
Title:  SP 3835
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/29/2005  Upload Date: 6/26/2005 4:59:28 PM
Location:  Silvis, IL
Author:  Merrill Price
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3835(GP9R)
Views:  1544   Comments: 0
SP 3835
Title:  SP 3835
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/7/2013  Upload Date: 10/23/2013 3:09:29 AM
Location:  Silvis, IL
Author:  KJ Larson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3835(GP9R)
Views:  745   Comments: 3
SP 3835
Title:  SP 3835
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/19/2020  Upload Date: 9/21/2020 1:31:42 PM
Location:  Silvis, IL
Author:  Sam Brodersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3835(GP9R) NREX 2009(3GS21B) NREX 9273(SD45T-2) RLCX 8529(B39-8E) BNSF 1347(GP7u)
Views:  1274   Comments: 0
SP 3836
Title:  SP 3836
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 2/27/2018 6:22:14 PM
Location:  Roseville, CA
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3836(GP9R)
Views:  166   Comments: 1
SP 3837
Title:  SP 3837
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/8/1974  Upload Date: 3/20/2010 9:04:48 PM
Location:  Tyler, TX
Author:  Bob Carter
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SP 3837(GP9R)
Views:  694   Comments: 1
SP 3837
Title:  SP 3837
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/1994  Upload Date: 11/28/2009 7:26:32 PM
Location:  Emeryville, CA
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3837(GP9R)
Views:  400   Comments: 0
Working Track Next to the New Station
Title:  Working Track Next to the New Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/1994  Upload Date: 4/19/2010 10:32:36 AM
Location:  Emeryville, CA
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 380(F40PHR) SP 3837(GP9R)
Views:  809   Comments: 0
SP 3838, 2632, 1193, And Others
Title:  SP 3838, 2632, 1193, And Others
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/1977  Upload Date: 11/28/2009 7:26:33 PM
Location:  San Jose, CA
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3838(GP9R) SP 2632(SW1500) SP 1193(SW900)
Views:  1832   Comments: 0
SP 3838
Title:  SP 3838
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/1978  Upload Date: 6/11/2011 10:51:54 AM
Location:  Mountain View, CA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3838(GP9R)
Views:  657   Comments: 0
SP 3838
Title:  SP 3838
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/1978  Upload Date: 6/11/2011 12:35:30 PM
Location:  Mountain View, CA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3838(GP9R)
Views:  464   Comments: 0
SP 3838
Title:  SP 3838
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/1979  Upload Date: 6/11/2011 1:18:49 PM
Location:  Sunnyvale, CA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3838(GP9R)
Views:  392   Comments: 0
SP 3838
Title:  SP 3838
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/1979  Upload Date: 6/11/2011 1:19:46 PM
Location:  Sunnyvale, CA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3838(GP9R)
Views:  344   Comments: 0
SP 3838
Title:  SP 3838
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/1979  Upload Date: 6/11/2011 1:20:30 PM
Location:  Sunnyvale, CA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3838(GP9R)
Views:  433   Comments: 0
SP 3838
Title:  SP 3838
Description:  Taken by Randy Keller
Photo Date:  6/21/1992  Upload Date: 2/26/2008 10:15:45 PM
Location:  Yermo, CA
Author:  Eric Larson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3838(GP9R)
Views:  686   Comments: 0
SP 3840
Title:  SP 3840
Description:  SP 3840
Photo Date:  1/1/1988  Upload Date: 10/26/2019 10:19:51 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3840(GP9R)
Views:  287   Comments: 1
SP 3841
Title:  SP 3841
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/1982  Upload Date: 5/6/2010 11:50:20 PM
Location:  Winnemucca, NV
Author:  Bob Carter
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SP 3841(GP9R)
Views:  825   Comments: 1
SP 3842
Title:  SP 3842
Description:  Awaiting the call.
Photo Date:  9/17/1993  Upload Date: 6/26/2012 1:26:28 AM
Location:  Santa Clara, CA
Author:  Steve Robinson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 3842(GP9R)
Views:  669   Comments: 0
SP 3844
Title:  SP 3844
Description:  on ILL Cent Gulf train on mainline at Hayes IL
Photo Date:  2/11/1978  Upload Date: 11/15/2022 12:15:52 PM
Location:  Hayes, IL
Author:  Brian Knight
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 3844(GP9R)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
SP 3844 at Modesto
Title:  SP 3844 at Modesto
Description:  Jim Shepard photo
Photo Date:  2/26/1985  Upload Date: 3/19/2023 7:13:09 PM
Location:  Modesto, CA
Author:  Jim Shepard
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3844(GP9R)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
SP 3845
Title:  SP 3845
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/1974  Upload Date: 4/30/2010 6:27:09 PM
Location:  Tyler, TX
Author:  Bob Carter
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3845(GP9R)
Views:  456   Comments: 0
SP 3845
Title:  SP 3845
Description:  Eight months after its release from Sacramento shops SP 3845 is holding down local assignments based out of Anaheim.
Photo Date:  10/11/1977  Upload Date: 3/20/2023 2:25:29 PM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3845(GP9R)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
SP 3845 and SP 2501
Title:  SP 3845 and SP 2501
Description:  As more GP9Rs like SP 3845 became available the fewer SW1500s like SP 2501 could be found working out of Anaheim.
Photo Date:  10/11/1977  Upload Date: 3/20/2023 2:25:52 PM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3845(GP9R) SP 2501(SW1500)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
SP 3845
Title:  SP 3845
Description:  SP 3845 shares a track with a Cotton Belt non-rebuilt GP9 and a string of loaded cars waiting to be delivered to local industries.
Photo Date:  10/11/1977  Upload Date: 3/20/2023 2:26:12 PM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3845(GP9R)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
SP 3845
Title:  SP 3845
Description:  SP 3845 would continue in service into the 90's before being retired in January 1991.
Photo Date:  11/10/1977  Upload Date: 3/20/2023 2:26:35 PM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3845(GP9R)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
SP 3846 sporting the Kodachrome merger scheme.
Title:  SP 3846 sporting the Kodachrome merger scheme.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/11/1986  Upload Date: 3/18/2009 8:52:05 PM
Location:  Roseville, CA
Author:  John Huey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3846(GP9R) SP 2613(SW1500)
Views:  832   Comments: 0
SP 3846 GP9R
Title:  SP 3846 GP9R
Description:  Kodachrome merger paint.
Photo Date:  9/11/1986  Upload Date: 3/18/2009 8:51:39 PM
Location:  Roseville, CA
Author:  John Huey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3846(GP9R)
Views:  812   Comments: 0
SP 3846
Title:  SP 3846
Description:  Rear view of SP 3846.
Photo Date:  2/21/1987  Upload Date: 3/20/2023 2:27:13 PM
Location:  Bartolo, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3846(GP9R)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
SP 3846
Title:  SP 3846
Description:  SP 3846 is 509.0 rail miles from San Francisco (MP 0.0) according to the sign on the telephone pole.
Photo Date:  8/12/1989  Upload Date: 3/20/2023 2:27:45 PM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3846(GP9R)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
SP 4302 and Mates Taken From the Steel Bridge
Title:  SP 4302 and Mates Taken From the Steel Bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/20/1993  Upload Date: 12/2/2009 7:57:49 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 4302(SD9E) SP 4434(SD9E) SP 3873(GP9R) SP 3846(GP9R) SP 4382(SD9E)
Views:  1160   Comments: 0
An All EMD Lash-up
Title:  An All EMD Lash-up
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/20/1993  Upload Date: 12/2/2009 7:57:58 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 4302(SD9E) SP 4434(SD9E) SP 3873(GP9R) SP 3846(GP9R) SP 4382(SD9E)
Views:  1686   Comments: 3
The Brakeman Hops On SP 4302 After Walking the Train Through All the Switches.
Title:  The Brakeman Hops On SP 4302 After Walking the Train Through All the Switches.
Description:  Shot taken from the Steel Bridge.
Photo Date:  6/20/1993  Upload Date: 12/2/2009 7:58:00 PM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 4302(SD9E) SP 4434(SD9E) SP 3873(GP9R) SP 3846(GP9R) SP 4382(SD9E)
Views:  1575   Comments: 2


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