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Western Railroad Discussion > SP power on local in PortlandDate: 09/30/21 13:20 SP power on local in Portland Author: gobbl3gook I came across Ex SP - UP 1124 switching in Portland yesterday. 25 years and 15 days post merger. Pretty impressive! If WP locomotives lasted that long, that would be like seeing a WP GP in 2007!
Even more impressive with the SP letters still on the nose. MK rebuild? Very good paint. 1) and 2), NE 11th Ave at golden hour. 3) switching Nabisco, 3:00 pm Ted in OR Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/30/21 13:32 by gobbl3gook.    Date: 09/30/21 13:26 Re: SP power on local in Portland Author: gobbl3gook Same locomotive, Dec 7 2020. Similar locations.
BTW, why can't the TO software correctly accept data from my iPhone on which way is "up" on photos? Seems this should be a pretty basic desirable feature...    Date: 09/30/21 13:27 Re: SP power on local in Portland Author: gobbl3gook More from Dec 7, 2020
   Date: 09/30/21 13:38 Re: SP power on local in Portland Author: pdt Someone (thankfully) took the decal off the nose. It isnt like the UP just let that get by.
Date: 09/30/21 13:38 Re: SP power on local in Portland Author: rrpreservation Sweet shots!!!!
Date: 09/30/21 13:57 Re: SP power on local in Portland Author: Milwaukee Info in rrpicturearchives.net indicate this was the last SP GP60 (the former SP 9721) to be patched into UP numbers. Photos online seem to indicate it never received a UP shield on the nose and the SP was left in place from it's as delivered appearance. I presume that means it's wearing it's original 1991 EMD production line provided SP paint which has held up very well during that 30 years.
Date: 09/30/21 14:18 Re: SP power on local in Portland Author: PHall And it's a GP60 so it ain't no MK rebuild. You're thinking GP40's.
Date: 09/30/21 14:57 Re: SP power on local in Portland Author: FiestaFoamer Nice -- the ex-Kennecott / MKT-rebuilt GP39-2 is not a bad catch either. Not exactly tons of those in the world... ten at most...
Date: 09/30/21 16:05 Re: SP power on local in Portland Author: nomosantafe gobbl3gook Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Same locomotive, Dec 7 2020. Similar > locations. > > BTW, why can't the TO software correctly accept > data from my iPhone on which way is "up" on > photos? Seems this should be a pretty basic > desirable feature... Beautiful Shot !!!!!! Nomo Date: 09/30/21 18:47 Re: SP power on local in Portland Author: ShoreLineRoute Yes, as good or more interesting than the "correct" orientation.
Oliver Barrett nomosantafe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > gobbl3gook Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Same locomotive, Dec 7 2020. Similar > > locations. > > > > BTW, why can't the TO software correctly accept > > data from my iPhone on which way is "up" on > > photos? Seems this should be a pretty basic > > desirable feature... > > Beautiful Shot !!!!!! > > Nomo Date: 09/30/21 20:36 Re: SP power on local in Portland Author: Willsburg765 In your first photo from Dec. 7 2020, the warehouse on the right used to be the Lincoln Electric warehouse. My dad worked there and on some Saturdays when he had to work, I would go with him. He would unload boxcars spotted at what is now the closed up door in that photo. On the Saturdays when I accompainied him to work and there was no boxcar spotted there, he would open the door so I could watch the trains. This was back in the late '60s/early '70s when I was pre-school to early grade school age. Thanks for posting these photos and bringing back these memories.
Joe Date: 09/30/21 22:30 Re: SP power on local in Portland Author: Fizzboy7 Truly a treasure to behold! It's amazing how good the paint has held up over time. I do see some areas that have been touched up, but that's okay.
Thanks for sharing. Date: 10/01/21 10:39 Re: SP power on local in Portland Author: latinboy Beautiful shot of Mt. Hood.
from an ex-Portlander Date: 10/01/21 13:44 Re: SP power on local in Portland Author: gobbl3gook Hi All,
I'm glad you liked the photos! I flipped the two upside down ones, for comparison. And yes, it's a GP60, so not an MK rebuild. thanks for the info on the manufacturing date -- looks pretty good for 30. FiestaFoamer -- the UP unit is ex-Kennecott/Ex MKT? Interesting. https://utahrails.net/bingham/kcc-utah-locos.php search page for 1207 Willsburg -- fun to learn about your old haunts. What do you remember about the passing trains? In the early 1970s I was a little kid, we would look for GN and Burlington cabooses on BN trains going past my grandparent house in Alma, WI. latinboy -- glad you like the Mt. Hood photo -- it had one of those cute "cap clouds" Too bad I didn't have a better camera. Locations: Nabisco: https://www.openrailwaymap.org/?style=standard&lat=45.57930900773748&lon=-122.6616145670414&zoom=19 https://en.mapy.cz/zakladni?x=-122.6642335&y=45.5797353&z=17 https://opentopomap.org/#map=17/45.58004/-122.66069 https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5794853,-122.6625616,213m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://goo.gl/maps/snwVyGnDnmXPqPRm6 https://goo.gl/maps/EVXeovVJt6sQjhL99 https://goo.gl/maps/JsDaET1x1mwTkKys9 Pan left 1/2 mile for 11th Ave diagonal crossing, https://goo.gl/maps/UXvVGPKANdap8kK98 pan left 1.5 miles for the other plant. (Amalgamated Sugar?) https://goo.gl/maps/YFVNHCkdJppMqJfL9 Ted in OR   Date: 10/01/21 14:48 Re: SP power on local in Portland Author: JanGAustin Thank you for posting a nice series of images.
She still looks pretty good after 30 years, as she was built in April 1991. Here she is at 4 1/2 years old behind sister SP 9610 as they bring a beet train off of the Valley subdivision waiting for a crew change in Roseville on October 2, 1995 at 7:30 a.m. Jan Austin Chico, CA Photography by Jan G. Austin  |