Nostalgia & History > More early SP diesels

Photos #1 and #2 are of EMD Model SW1 SP1016. It was retired in March 1969 and quickly sold to Bethlehem Steel Corp at Venon, CA as their #18. Photo #2 appears to be at Bayshore. SP 2-8-0 #2626 is alongside.

Photo #3 is of Alco S-2 SP1300 at Taylor Yard in Los Angeles. It was placed in service in May 1941. In the 1965 Renumbering Plan i was assinged to become SP1700, but it was never physically applied. I love the tiger stripes.

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Photo #4 - One of the smallest switcher groups were the five ALCO S-1s on the Espee system (4 on the SP. one on the T&NO). SP1017 was built in 1941 and retired in 1962. I only had the opportunity to personally film a SP S-1 once, and that was the 1019 in Oakland in 1960.

Photo #5 - NWP SP1310 looks great in her as-delived tiger stripe paint scheme and lettering. In 1905 it was renumberd to 1904 and sold for scrap in 1975. I love the wooden PFE car on the right. I wish there was more of the Ventilator Car in the photo. Can someone identify the location?

Photo #6 shows the 1310 in from of the Bethlehem Steel plant property in South San Francisco.

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Sir Tone-- Bethlehem Steel was in Vernon at 3300 E. Slauson Ave., Vernon, CA (not Venon)..

KRK

The 1310 was the first diesel switcher ever assigned to Mojave...

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

KeyRouteKen Wrote:
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> Sir Tone-- Bethlehem Steel was in Vernon at 3300
> E. Slauson Ave., Vernon, CA (not Venon)..
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> KRK


I musta been wearing boxing gloves when I typed the message.