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Fresh Paint in Sacramento
Title:  Fresh Paint in Sacramento
Description:  Newly introduced, SP's version of the Kodachrome scheme.
Photo Date:  8/10/1985  Upload Date: 4/23/2015 5:36:50 PM
Location:  Sacramento, CA
Author:  Garry Folkeson
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:  SP 7551(SD45R)
Views:  978   Comments: 0
SP 7551 - Colton, CA - 10/30/85
Title:  SP 7551 - Colton, CA - 10/30/85
Description:  Southern Pacific SD45R 7551 was the first SP unit to wear the colors of the proposed Southern Pacific Santa Fe merger. The unit originally had white SP initials on the hood and nose, but they were later changed to yellow. The striping on the sides of the nose and the red/black color break on the hood were also different than the other units in this scheme. This engine began life as SP SD45 8985.
Photo Date:  10/30/1985  Upload Date: 1/28/2011 12:45:10 PM
Location:  Kaiser, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7551(SD45R)
Views:  4433   Comments: 1
SP 7551 - Colton, CA - 10/30/85
Title:  SP 7551 - Colton, CA - 10/30/85
Description:  Southern Pacific SD45R 7551 was the first SP unit to wear the colors of the proposed Southern Pacific Santa Fe merger. The unit originally had white SP initials on the hood and nose, but they were later changed to yellow. The striping on the sides of the nose and the red/black color break on the hood were also different than the other units in this scheme. This engine began life as SP SD45 8985.
Photo Date:  10/30/1985  Upload Date: 1/28/2011 12:45:41 PM
Location:  Kaiser, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7551(SD45R)
Views:  2667   Comments: 1
SP 7551
Title:  SP 7551
Description:  SP 7551 was the first Espee unit in SPSF red and yellow paint.
Photo Date:  3/1/1986  Upload Date: 2/5/2024 7:27:42 PM
Location:  Loma Linda, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7551(SD45R)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
SP 7551
Title:  SP 7551
Description:  SP 7551 is part of a helper set working from Loma Linda east over Beaumont Pass.
Photo Date:  3/1/1986  Upload Date: 2/5/2024 7:28:04 PM
Location:  Loma Linda, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7551(SD45R)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
SP 7551
Title:  SP 7551
Description:  Side view of SP 7551.
Photo Date:  3/1/1986  Upload Date: 2/5/2024 7:28:23 PM
Location:  Loma Linda, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7551(SD45R)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
SP 7552,April 1994.
Title:  SP 7552,April 1994.
Description:  Southern Pacific's KCROQ heads for Salt Lake City.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 9/22/2012 1:59:05 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7552(SD45R)
Views:  413   Comments: 0
Kodachrome in Illinois
Title:  Kodachrome in Illinois
Description:  SP 8530 leads an eastbound SP trackage rights train on the BN at Colchester, IL on 06 May 1993.
Photo Date:  5/6/1993  Upload Date: 3/20/2015 10:42:39 AM
Location:  Colchester, IL
Author:  Jeffrey Dobek
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 8530(SD40T-2) SP 7553(SD45R)
Views:  908   Comments: 1
SP 7554
Title:  SP 7554
Description:  Rear view of SP 7554.
Photo Date:  4/12/1986  Upload Date: 2/5/2024 7:28:55 PM
Location:  Mojave, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7554(SD45R)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
SP 7554
Title:  SP 7554
Description:  While now lettered Southern Pacific, SP 7554 was delivered as SSW 9064 in December 1968.
Photo Date:  4/12/1986  Upload Date: 2/5/2024 7:29:19 PM
Location:  Mojave, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7554(SD45R)
Views:  95   Comments: 0
NS 8010, NS 3228, and SP 7554 at Oliver Yard
Title:  NS 8010, NS 3228, and SP 7554 at Oliver Yard
Description:  An NS geep waits to come off the branch from Chalmette while the power for NS train No. 394 is hosteled to its train: SP SD45R 7554, NS SD40-2 3228, and NS C30-7 8010.
Photo Date:  1/30/1995  Upload Date: 12/26/2017 10:04:46 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Christopher Palmieri
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8010(C30-7) NS 3228(SD40-2) SP 7554(SD45R)
Views:  1786   Comments: 0
SP 7554 at NS Oliver Yard
Title:  SP 7554 at NS Oliver Yard
Description:  SP SD45R 7554 will be the leading locomotive in the consist of northbound NS train No. 394 seen here being moved towards its train at the north end of NS Oliver Yard.
Photo Date:  1/30/1995  Upload Date: 12/27/2017 11:13:07 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Christopher Palmieri
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 7554(SD45R)
Views:  964   Comments: 0
The paint got so dirty it started falling off
Title:  The paint got so dirty it started falling off
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/10/1995  Upload Date: 12/7/2003 8:48:58 PM
Location:  Topeka, KS
Author:  David J Conway
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7554(SD45R)
Views:  854   Comments: 0
SP SD45R 7554 splits the signals as it swings northbound through Oliver Junction in a light power move before backing south into Oliver Yard in New Orleans La 07-20-1996
Title:  SP SD45R 7554 splits the signals as it swings northbound through Oliver Junction in a light power move before backing south into Oliver Yard in New Orleans La 07-20-1996
Description:  SP SD45R 7554 splits the signals as it swings northbound through Oliver Junction in a light power move before backing south into Oliver Yard in New Orleans La 07-20-1996
Photo Date:  7/20/1996  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 1:05:22 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Patrick Harris
Categories:  Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  SP 7554(SD45R)
Views:  474   Comments: 1
SP 7555
Title:  SP 7555
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/16/1988  Upload Date: 10/8/2003 9:54:02 PM
Location:  Eugene, OR
Author:  Don Ringler, Jr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7555(SD45R)
Views:  1977   Comments: 0
SOUTHERN PACIFIC SD45R NO.7555.
Title:  SOUTHERN PACIFIC SD45R NO.7555.
Description:  Southern Pacific's RVKCM passes by Geneva Steel on the old Rio Grande Mainline with it's 74 car train. An ironic twist of fate both the Southern Pacific and steel mill are both gone.
Photo Date:  6/7/1996  Upload Date: 12/23/2011 1:33:11 AM
Location:  Orem, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7555(SD45R)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
SSW 9681
Title:  SSW 9681
Description:  SSW 9681 in the late afternoon
Photo Date:  8/3/1996  Upload Date: 9/4/2017 9:43:35 PM
Location:  Klamath Falls, OR
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SSW 9681(GP60) UP 3417(SD40-2) SP 7555(SD45R)
Views:  433   Comments: 1
SP SD45R 7556
Title:  SP SD45R 7556
Description:  A westbound Espee train crosses Avondale Garden Road behind SD45R 7556, SD40T-2 8264 and SD45R 7401. The intermodal terminal at the Espee's Avondale Yard is in the background on the right. (date approximate)
Photo Date:  12/14/1985  Upload Date: 9/11/2010 3:15:37 PM
Location:  Avondale, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr. photo
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  682   Comments: 1
Westbound SP 7556
Title:  Westbound SP 7556
Description:  Soutiern Pacific SD45R 7556, SD40T-2 8264 and SD45R 7401 were on a westbound train leaving Avondale Yard, just west of New Orleans The structure on the right in the distance was the entrance to the railroad's intermodal facility off of Avondale Garden Road.
Photo Date:  12/14/1985  Upload Date: 4/5/2017 12:24:52 PM
Location:  Avondale, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr. photo
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  768   Comments: 0
SP 7556
Title:  SP 7556
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/23/1985  Upload Date: 3/28/2009 10:32:34 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Eric Larson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  774   Comments: 1
Southern Pacific 7556
Title:  Southern Pacific 7556
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/1986  Upload Date: 3/30/2008 8:31:23 AM
Location:  Tucson, AZ
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  554   Comments: 1
SP 7556
Title:  SP 7556
Description:  Rear view of SP 7556.
Photo Date:  5/25/1986  Upload Date: 2/10/2024 6:58:50 AM
Location:  Eugene, OR
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
SP 7556
Title:  SP 7556
Description:  Side view of SP 7556.
Photo Date:  5/25/1986  Upload Date: 2/10/2024 6:59:18 AM
Location:  Eugene, OR
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  128   Comments: 0
ATSF 5817 and SP 7556
Title:  ATSF 5817 and SP 7556
Description:  ATSF 5817 East rolls through Devore while over at Dike SP 7556 sets in the sliding with a work train. Only a few months prior it appeared all this trackage would part of one big railroad (SPSF) but it was not to be. Soon both units will be heading back to the paint booth for a coat of their road's standard colors.
Photo Date:  9/6/1986  Upload Date: 8/11/2021 3:50:07 PM
Location:  Devore, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  ATSF 5817(SD45-2u) SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
SP 7556
Title:  SP 7556
Description:  SP 7556 is in charge of a work train in the siding waiting for a meet...interesting use of two large road units on a five car work train, but such was the Espee in the late 1980s.
Photo Date:  9/6/1986  Upload Date: 2/10/2024 7:00:22 AM
Location:  Dike, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  115   Comments: 0
SP 7556
Title:  SP 7556
Description:  Side view of SP 7556.
Photo Date:  9/6/1986  Upload Date: 2/10/2024 7:00:43 AM
Location:  Dike, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  125   Comments: 0
SP 7556
Title:  SP 7556
Description:  Detail view of SP 7556.
Photo Date:  9/6/1986  Upload Date: 2/10/2024 7:01:06 AM
Location:  Dike, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
SP 7556
Title:  SP 7556
Description:  Detail view of SP 7556.
Photo Date:  9/6/1986  Upload Date: 2/10/2024 7:01:38 AM
Location:  Dike, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
SP 7556
Title:  SP 7556
Description:  Detail view of SP 7556.
Photo Date:  9/6/1986  Upload Date: 2/10/2024 7:02:27 AM
Location:  Dike, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
SP 7556 and AMTK 247
Title:  SP 7556 and AMTK 247
Description:  While SP 7556 waits in the siding over on the Santa Fe the eastbound "Desert Wind" with AMTK 247 on the point heads up Cajon Pass bound for Salt Lake City.
Photo Date:  9/6/1986  Upload Date: 2/10/2024 7:02:49 AM
Location:  Dike, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R) AMTK 247(F40PHR)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
SP 7556
Title:  SP 7556
Description:  Finally a eadlight comes into view and a crew member off SP 7556 stands on the right to do a rollby inspection.
Photo Date:  9/6/1986  Upload Date: 2/10/2024 7:03:22 AM
Location:  Dike, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
SP 7556
Title:  SP 7556
Description:  SP 7556 was originally delivered as SP 8920 in May 1967.
Photo Date:  9/6/1986  Upload Date: 2/10/2024 7:03:48 AM
Location:  Dike, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
SP 7556
Title:  SP 7556
Description:  SP 7556 heads out of the siding and on to perform its work.
Photo Date:  9/6/1986  Upload Date: 2/10/2024 7:04:17 AM
Location:  Dike, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
SP 7556
Title:  SP 7556
Description:  Rear view of SP 7556.
Photo Date:  9/6/1986  Upload Date: 2/10/2024 7:04:39 AM
Location:  Dike, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
SP 8573 and SP 7556
Title:  SP 8573 and SP 7556
Description:  SP 8573 is making good time as it is about to overtake SP 7556 waiting at Dike.
Photo Date:  9/6/1986  Upload Date: 11/29/2023 8:26:42 AM
Location:  Dike, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 8573(SD40T-2) SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
SP 8573 and SP 7556
Title:  SP 8573 and SP 7556
Description:  It's an unusual meet as red and yellow SP 8573 is about to pass red and yellow SP 7556 on a clear day on Cajon Pass.
Photo Date:  9/6/1986  Upload Date: 11/29/2023 8:27:30 AM
Location:  Dike, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 8573(SD40T-2) SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
SP 8573 and SP 7556
Title:  SP 8573 and SP 7556
Description:  A pair of red and yellow units (SP 8573 and SP 7566) show what things could have looked like if the SPSF merger had been approved.
Photo Date:  9/6/1986  Upload Date: 11/29/2023 8:27:57 AM
Location:  Dike, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 8573(SD40T-2) SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  257   Comments: 0
SP 7556--SD45
Title:  SP 7556--SD45
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/1987  Upload Date: 12/26/2011 9:14:51 PM
Location:  Topeka, KS
Author:  CL Corn
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  577   Comments: 0
SSW 9164 passing thru Stockton
Title:  SSW 9164 passing thru Stockton
Description:  Paul Wester photo
Photo Date:  7/10/1987  Upload Date: 7/19/2021 5:00:59 PM
Location:  Stockton, CA
Author:  Paul Wester
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R) SSW 9164(SD45T-2)
Views:  272   Comments: 2
SP 7556
Title:  SP 7556
Description:  SP 7556 is making track speed as it rolls through Kingsburg in California's Central Valley.
Photo Date:  2/24/1989  Upload Date: 2/10/2024 7:05:32 AM
Location:  Kingsburg, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
SP 7556
Title:  SP 7556
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/24/1989  Upload Date: 9/13/2006 7:54:23 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  Philip Richard
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  SP 7556(SD45R) SSW 6516(GP35) CR 3076(GP40) SP 3786(GP9R)
Views:  1495   Comments: 1
SP 7557
Title:  SP 7557
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1986  Upload Date: 7/15/2006 3:29:32 PM
Location:  Hearne, TX
Author:  Jay Glenewinkel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7557(SD45R)
Views:  1109   Comments: 1
SP 7557
Title:  SP 7557
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/1987  Upload Date: 10/12/2017 5:15:24 PM
Location:  Roseville, CA
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7557(SD45R)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
SP 7557
Title:  SP 7557
Description:  SP 7557 has been out of Sacramento shops for two years and still looks fresh as it heads east over Beaumont Pass at track speed.
Photo Date:  11/21/1987  Upload Date: 2/11/2024 7:29:24 AM
Location:  El Casco, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7557(SD45R)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
SP SD45
Title:  SP SD45
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/7/1988  Upload Date: 2/26/2009 10:42:42 AM
Location:  Roseville, CA
Author:  ROGER LALONDE
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7557(SD45R)
Views:  659   Comments: 1
SP Freight at Alturas 1990
Title:  SP Freight at Alturas 1990
Description:  SP freight at Alturas in 1990
Photo Date:  5/1/1990  Upload Date: 5/1/2014 6:55:55 PM
Location:  , CA
Author:  Dan Engstrom
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7557(SD45R)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
SP 9345
Title:  SP 9345
Description:  Four big six axle EMDs in four paint schemes and the cleanest one on the point!! An SP train enters the Ogden yard for a crew change.
Photo Date:  9/19/1993  Upload Date: 7/22/2016 5:49:41 PM
Location:  Ogden, UT
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 9345(SD45T-2) SP 7557(SD45R) SP 8269(SD40T-2)
Views:  742   Comments: 1
SP 7558--SD45
Title:  SP 7558--SD45
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/29/1986  Upload Date: 12/26/2011 9:09:06 PM
Location:  Topeka, KS
Author:  CL Corn
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7558(SD45R)
Views:  595   Comments: 2
SP 4830 near Avondale
Title:  SP 4830 near Avondale
Description:  Gerry Sires photo
Photo Date:  2/8/1987  Upload Date: 3/19/2022 9:21:09 PM
Location:  Avondale, LA
Author:  Gerry Sires
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 4830(GP38-2) SP 4818(GP38-2) SP 4829(GP38-2) SP 8319(SD40T-2) SP 8241(SD40T-2) SP 7558(SD45R)
Views:  395   Comments: 1
SP 7558
Title:  SP 7558
Description:  Eastbound on the East Valley Line about to cross the former WP at Marysville. SP 7558 was retired by UP 12/31/96 and sold to MRL. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1988  Upload Date: 7/20/2010 12:05:11 AM
Location:  Marysville, CA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7558(SD45R)
Views:  552   Comments: 1


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