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| Title: |
1949 SP Tucumcari - Kansas City - Chicago Timetable |
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8/1/1937 Upload Date: 9/22/2004 1:43:46 AM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
David Sommer |
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| Title: |
1937 SP Houston Timetable |
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8/1/1937 Upload Date: 9/22/2004 1:43:46 AM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
David Sommer |
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| Title: |
SP 2-8-8-4 #3806 - Southern Pacific |
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Builrt by Lima ib October of 1939, this massive 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone had the traditional "cab-in-the-rear" arrangement not like its "cab-forward" sisters. The AC-9 class was fitted with an air-smoothed casing similar to those on the GS-4 4-8-4 passenger locomotives (without the colors). In June of 1950, the loco was converted from coal to an oil burner at El Paso, TX. The loco then served for nearly 17 years before being vacated in May of 1955 at Spraks, NV and finally sold for scrap in July of 1955. Specs - class AC-9, 63 1/2" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, four 24x32" cylinders, engine weight of 689,900 lb, impressive tractive effort of 124,300 lb. An unknown photographer took this photo. |
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11/8/1952 Upload Date: 6/27/2024 11:29:10 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
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| Title: |
SP 2-8-8-4 #3810 - Southen Pacific |
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This "long dribnk of water" loco, a 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone type, was built by Lima in October of 1939. it had the traditinal "rear-cab" configuration so different than its "cab-forward" sisters built by Baldwin for tunnel service. The AC-9 class was fitted with an air-smoothed casing similar to those on the GS-4 4-8-4 passenger locomotives (without the colors). In June of 1950 the loco was converted from coal to an oil bruner at El Paso, TX shops. It contined in service unti being vacated in April of 1955 at Sparks, NV and finally sold for scrap in July of 1955 at Sacramento, CA. The loco served for nearly 17 years before being vacated in May of 1955 at Spraks, NV and finally sold for scrap in July of 1955. Specs - class AC-9, 63 1/2" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, four 24x32" cylinders, engine weight of 689,900 lb, impressive tractive effort of 124,300 lb. An unknown photographer took this photo. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/1953 Upload Date: 6/27/2024 11:29:26 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
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62 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting for car and locomotive servcing to be completed |
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8/15/1955 Upload Date: 4/23/2007 6:19:08 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
mark mcdowell |
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502 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Union Passenger Station |
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8/15/1955 Upload Date: 4/20/2007 7:04:55 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
mark mcdowell |
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521 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 66 |
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| Photo Date: |
8/15/1955 Upload Date: 6/19/2007 6:20:37 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
mark mcdowell |
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SP 66(S2) |
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2419 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Texas & Pacific E unit |
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| Photo Date: |
8/15/1955 Upload Date: 4/19/2007 12:12:49 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
mark mcdowell |
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TP 2007(E8A) |
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2471 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SP E9A 6047 |
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SP 6047 is at the head of Train 2, the Sunset Limited, as it gets underway out of El Paso sometime during the late 1950s. |
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1/1/1957 Upload Date: 4/8/2023 11:05:31 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Unknown |
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SP 6047(E9A) |
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138 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ATSF 2210 |
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| Photo Date: |
6/7/1957 Upload Date: 1/28/2021 12:00:12 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Jeffrey Lawrence Collection |
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ATSF 2210(VO-1000) |
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439 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P #412 EL CAFE |
| Description: |
Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate Ektachrome 35mm slide. Date and month are approximate. Photographer is unknown. |
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6/1/1964 Upload Date: 1/29/2025 6:50:50 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Unknown/John C. Benson Collection |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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8 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Santa Fe RDC-1 DC-191 |
| Description: |
Taken during the mid-1960s by an unknown photographer. |
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1/1/1965 Upload Date: 12/27/2024 11:29:03 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Unknown |
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ATSF DC-191(RDC1) |
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114 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Santa Fe RDC-2 DC-192 |
| Description: |
Taken during the mid-1960s by an unknown photographer. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1965 Upload Date: 12/27/2024 11:29:55 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Unknown |
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ATSF DC-192(RDC1) |
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118 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
TP 3 |
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| Photo Date: |
2/9/1965 Upload Date: 2/28/2021 12:56:06 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Jeffrey Lawrence Collection |
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TP 3(E7A) |
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315 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP E7A 6000 |
| Description: |
Taken by an unknown photographer. |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1965 Upload Date: 9/18/2022 1:02:23 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Unknown |
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SP 6000(E7A) |
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285 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2391 at El Paso |
| Description: |
Walter Schopp photo |
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4/12/1971 Upload Date: 7/31/2023 6:33:15 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Walter Schopp |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2391(H-12-44) |
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187 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
sunset ltd - arz/ new mexico |
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| Photo Date: |
8/6/1971 Upload Date: 11/19/2010 3:17:10 AM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Henry Frick |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
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SP 6451(FP7A) |
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621 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Untitled |
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| Photo Date: |
8/6/1971 Upload Date: 11/19/2010 3:21:49 AM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Henry Frick |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
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199 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 6451 |
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| Photo Date: |
8/6/1971 Upload Date: 11/19/2010 3:27:35 AM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Henry Frick |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6451(FP7A) |
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793 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2508 |
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| Photo Date: |
8/6/1971 Upload Date: 11/19/2010 3:09:56 AM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Henry Frick |
| Categories: |
Action |
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SP 2508(SW1500) |
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484 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP SDP45 3200 |
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| Photo Date: |
8/6/1971 Upload Date: 11/19/2010 12:53:35 AM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Henry Frick |
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SP 3200(SDP45) |
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1650 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Untitled |
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| Photo Date: |
8/6/1971 Upload Date: 11/19/2010 3:30:49 AM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Henry Frick |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
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123 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 8895 |
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| Photo Date: |
8/6/1971 Upload Date: 11/19/2010 3:34:42 AM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Henry Frick |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8895(SD45) |
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605 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
FMs Late in Life |
| Description: |
A lovely trio of SP FMs sit at the road's Cotton Street Yard in El Paso late in their lives. |
| Photo Date: |
11/19/1972 Upload Date: 10/19/2010 8:41:48 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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SP 2386(H-12-44) SP 2371(H-12-44) SP 2391(H-12-44) |
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1016 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP GP9 at El Paso |
| Description: |
SP GP9, of TNO ancestry, idles in a line of power at El Paso in 1972 |
| Photo Date: |
11/19/1972 Upload Date: 7/8/2012 4:49:51 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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SP 3662(GP9) |
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1257 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SP Engine facility, Cotton St Yards 1972 |
| Description: |
SP and Rock Island units mingle at the engine facility located at the Cotton Street Yards in 1972. |
| Photo Date: |
11/19/1972 Upload Date: 1/10/2009 10:32:11 AM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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CRIP 197(U33B) SP 8915(SD45) |
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1519 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
El Paso Big Hook |
| Description: |
SP steam hook SPMW 7140 with attendent car 7141, at El Paso in 1972 |
| Photo Date: |
11/19/1972 Upload Date: 2/13/2009 10:17:38 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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1038 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ASARCO GE 70T |
| Description: |
Asarco Mexicana GE 70T 1956 is a former SP unit (5114), that went to National Metals before being repainted in this verlillion scheme and sent south. For whatever reason the unit was refused by the smelting outfit and it remained at SP's El Paso yard for a short stay until being sold;to the M&ET, where it joined that road's stable of like locomotives as their 606. |
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11/19/1972 Upload Date: 3/21/2009 3:03:04 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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ASMX 1956(70Tonner) |
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918 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP GP9E 3333 |
| Description: |
SP GP9E 3333 suns itself at El Paso in November 1972. It's the former SP 3555, originally TNO 433. |
| Photo Date: |
11/19/1972 Upload Date: 9/20/2009 4:03:12 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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SP 3333(GP9R) |
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905 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP engine facility |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific's engine facility at its Cotton Street yard is full of power on this November day in 1972. |
| Photo Date: |
11/19/1972 Upload Date: 1/25/2008 8:29:17 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2263(SW1200) |
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1052 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Almost to the yard |
| Description: |
An MP train comes off the T&P and prepares to enter the yard in El Paso. There are six units today; four SD40s and a pair of GP7s. |
| Photo Date: |
11/19/1972 Upload Date: 2/10/2008 4:16:19 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
MP 753(SD40) |
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922 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Fairbanks Morse switcher |
| Description: |
SP FM H-12-44 2391 sits in El Paso in November 1972 while awaiting its next shift. 2391 was built as SP 1593 in 1957, during FM's last year of domestic production. |
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11/19/1972 Upload Date: 3/23/2008 10:23:15 AM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2391(H-12-44) |
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2721 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP GP7 317 |
| Description: |
Rear three/quarter shot of MP GP7 317 at El Paso. Built as a dual-service unit with steam generator. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/1973 Upload Date: 10/4/2013 6:46:55 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 317(GP7) |
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455 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MoPac power |
| Description: |
MP SD40 759 and GP7 317 sit at the El Paso fuel racks in March 1973. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/1973 Upload Date: 1/30/2008 9:13:27 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 759(SD40) |
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1114 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP U33C 8741 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific U33C 8741 at El Paso in 1973. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/1973 Upload Date: 6/27/2011 10:45:11 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 8741(U33C) |
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604 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rock Island GP40 383 |
| Description: |
Rock Island GP40 383 has just helped bring a train in off the Golden State line from Tucumcari. The power set will soon uncouple and head for the engine facility. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/1973 Upload Date: 1/15/2011 9:11:06 AM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 383(GP40) |
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1891 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
GP9 as switcher |
| Description: |
Santa Fe GP9 2923 works as a switcher in the road's El Paso yard in March 1973. It was rebuilt into GP9M 2266 in 1978-79. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/1973 Upload Date: 5/1/2008 10:00:06 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
ATSF 2923(GP9) |
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2339 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SSW SD45T-2 9162 |
| Description: |
Cotton Belt SD45T-2 9162 at El Paso; and not even a year old |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/1973 Upload Date: 9/2/2012 2:18:32 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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SSW 9162(SD45T-2) |
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596 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rock Island U-25B 208 |
| Description: |
Rock Island U25B 208 is the last of four RI units (the other three being GP40s, 383, 377, 4702) in a train off the Tucumcari line at El Paso on 3 March 1973. While it was not unheard of for them to continue west towards Tucson, without dynamic brakes they were not terribly popular with most crew. |
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3/24/1973 Upload Date: 6/18/2009 9:30:13 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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CRIP 208(U25B) |
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1348 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP H12-44 2384 |
| Description: |
SP Fairbanks-Morse H12-44 2384 in El Paso in the last few years of its life. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/1973 Upload Date: 9/20/2009 9:29:44 AM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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SP 2384(H-12-44) |
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633 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SP WB |
| Description: |
A westbound SP train out of Cotton Yard passes the El Paso depot while a string of Rock Island power sits on an adjacent track. GP35 6596 leads U33Cs 8693 and 8721, SD45 8996 and GP35 6572. |
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3/24/1973 Upload Date: 1/15/2008 4:51:01 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 6596(GP35) |
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962 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Santa Fe roundhouse |
| Description: |
The Santa Fe had this small 3-stall stone roundhouse at El Paso in 1973 |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/1973 Upload Date: 1/26/2008 8:17:22 AM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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623 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Buzzsaw |
| Description: |
MP herald with TP sublettering on GP9 397 |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/1973 Upload Date: 2/10/2008 4:18:13 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
TP 397(GP9) |
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946 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Alamogordo Local |
| Description: |
SP's Alamogordo NM local heads north out of El Paso with two cars and caboose 1046 in tow. The Pennsy boxcar is bound for Holloman AFB and the flat for an implement dealer in Alamogordo. Power is a Rock Island GP40 |
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4/15/1973 Upload Date: 1/15/2008 6:12:43 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
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1489 Comments: 6 |
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| Title: |
UP E9A 904 |
| Description: |
UP E9A 904 is leading the eastbound Amtrak Sunset Limited at El Paso in May 1973. It was actually sold to the passenger carrier in February 1972 and would become AMT 411. |
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5/16/1973 Upload Date: 11/13/2011 8:32:49 AM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 904(E9A) |
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1211 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK E9A 424 |
| Description: |
Amtrak E9A 424 is shown in El Paso while working the Sunset Limited. It's the ex UP 947. The train's power was UP E9A 904, E9B 956, AMTK 424 and SP FP7 6455; the last of which came off at El Paso. |
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5/16/1973 Upload Date: 10/19/2010 8:53:25 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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AMTK 424(E9A) |
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934 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Single digit U-Boat |
| Description: |
MP U30C number 7 is the trailing unit on a WB freight entering El Paso in May 1973 behind a quartet of SD40s (704, 744, 729, 705). It was the first unit of MP's second order for U30Cs and delivered as MP 966 in 1969. Like the rest of the class it number continued to change, becoming MP 3306 and MP 2971 before retirement in 1984. |
| Photo Date: |
5/26/1973 Upload Date: 10/1/2013 4:05:30 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 7(U30C) |
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1316 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP GP7 335 |
| Description: |
MP 335, a 'phase IV" GP7 with GP9 characteristics, dragging a transfer to the SP in El Paso in May 1973. Built for passenger duty as StLBM 4324, MP later removed the steam generator and chopped the nose using an EMD pattern. |
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5/26/1973 Upload Date: 10/1/2013 4:06:22 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 335(GP7) |
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544 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP at El Paso |
| Description: |
MP SD40 704 leads a train through El Paso toward the road's yard in May 1973. Four SD40s are followed by a single U30C. |
| Photo Date: |
5/26/1973 Upload Date: 12/27/2010 6:03:46 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 704(SD40) |
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962 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rock Island GP35 325 |
| Description: |
Rock Island GP35 325 sitting in the SP's Cotton St Yard in El Paso. |
| Photo Date: |
5/26/1973 Upload Date: 1/15/2011 9:11:34 AM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 325(GP35) |
| Views: |
2401 Comments: 3 |
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