Nostalgia & History > SP SD45 question

Does anyone know of a list of where SP/SSW assigned their SD45's for maintenance? I can assume Roseville and LA were bases for some of the SP units, probably Pine Bluff for SSW. I am starting to model an SP unit 9071, but can't find any photos of it with its maintenance location on it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Tom

Not counting the 1950s/transition era, maintenance base locations did not appear externally on SP diesels until 1980.  This is something to bear in mind if modeling a specific era is important to you.

That said, there is a photo taken by Brian Ambrose posted on locophotos.com of the 9071 with "Los Angeles" beneath the cab.  
The photo date is 10/10/1983.

Cheers,
Harry



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/19/19 23:21 by tracktime.

seems as though El Paso was one also.

As well as ROS, LA, EUG over ORE, BAK over TEH and several others on various SP locomotives. 

Regards, Jim Evans


 

Major servicing was done at SAC,  RV and LA, later EP

FiveChime Wrote:
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> As well as ROS, LA, EUG over ORE, BAK over TEH and
> several others on various SP locomotives. 
>

Those were pool assignments, and pretty much disappeared after 1966  As Harry noted, the spelled out maintenence assigments didn't appear on SP locomotives until 1980, though in 1979 some initials (RV, EP, LA) started showing up stenciled on the bottom corner of the cab on some locomotives.  Despite the obvious logic that Cotton Belt locomotives would be assigned to Pine Bluff, the maintanence assignments were independent of the lettering on the hood, as by that time SSW existed only for accounting and tax purposes.  I have never seen a photo of a SD45/T-2 assigned anywhere other than Los Angeles or Roseville for maintence (though for a time the SDP45s were stenciled "Bay Area."  Doesn't mean it didn't happen, but it would have been the exception rather than the rule.

The primary maintenence assignment stencils were Roseville, Los Angeles, Bay Area, Eugene, El Paso, and Pine Bluff.

Elizabeth