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Date: 06/24/16 22:21
A Face That Only a Mother Could Love (or an SP fan)
Author: MartyBernard

Southern Pacific SD9 4349 at Petaluma, CA on July 19, 1993.  "SD go take a bath."  "But mom, I took one last summer."

Enjoy,
Marty Bernard

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Date: 06/25/16 07:01
Re: A Face That Only a Mother Could Love (or an SP fan)
Author: kilroydiver

They look like big, mean brutes. But still one of my favorite SP diesels. 

Thanks for posting an up close image, you can really see all of the details.

Dave

 

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Date: 06/25/16 07:25
Re: A Face That Only a Mother Could Love (or an SP fan)
Author: GP30Frank

 It might need more than a little bath !!

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Date: 06/25/16 07:36
Re: A Face That Only a Mother Could Love (or an SP fan)
Author: Gateway97

If that's not "the diesel in dungarees" (and dirty workaday ones at that)  I don't know what is.  Nice portrait!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/25/16 07:38 by Gateway97.

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Date: 06/25/16 07:54
Re: A Face That Only a Mother Could Love (or an SP fan)
Author: hogheaded

Should have been called a Timex instead of a Cadillac: Takes a licking and keeps on ticking...
Good motors, despite how they looked.
EO

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Date: 06/25/16 08:58
Re: A Face That Only a Mother Could Love (or an SP fan)
Author: Railbaron

Don't get me wrong, I have always loved SD9's both from a railfan standpoint to an operating standpoint (they were fun to run) but as the SP started removing the oscillating headlights they lost a lot of their visual appeal, kind of like cutting their nose off their face.

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Date: 06/25/16 15:04
Re: A Face That Only a Mother Could Love (or an SP fan)
Author: atsf121

No that's how I remember the SP.

Nathan

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Date: 06/26/16 11:14
Re: A Face That Only a Mother Could Love (or an SP fan)
Author: UPNW2-1083

The looked pretty cool when the were (fairly) clean and had all the original lighting packages.-BMT

 1. SP 1427 at Walnut (Ca.) January, 1978

2. SP 4351  at Canyon on Cajon Pass, August 1978


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