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Western Railroad Discussion > SP QuestionDate: 07/04/02 04:13 SP Question Author: Jumbo This is the lettering of a SP engine from a slide I took some 17(?) years ago at Bakersfield. What is the information behind TE, LAM4 and 1-85 and can it help to identify the date I took the picture (after January 1985 and before?)
Thank you in advance!  Date: 07/04/02 06:42 Re: SP Question Author: airbrake The LA designates the location that was responsible for the maintenance on this Locomotive; in this case Taylor Shops. M4 is type a maintenance code that in this case is defined as High Horsepower unit. Month and year is when the maintenance was last performed on the Locomotive. I don't believe it but I cannot remember what the "TE" represents. It's been a long time since I was working down by the L.A. River.
Date: 07/04/02 11:02 Re: SP Question TE Author: spnudge TE was Telementry Equipped
Nudge Date: 07/05/02 15:49 Re: SP Question Author: BrianJennison Not to disagree with you "old heads," but I thought M4 refered to a particular level of overhaul, there being M1 through M8. So LAM4 meant an M4 level overhaul was done, in LA, and 1-85 tells when it was done.
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