Nostalgia & History > Trona Baldwin in 1974

Trona 53, former SP 5249, sitting next to GE 80 tonner 49, ex US Navy 6500297, in Trona, CA on October 21, 1974.

According to good sources, including Strapac's fantastic SP Compendium series, Trona 53 was built in April 1951 by B-L-H as a model AS616, builders number 75139, SP 5249, the sole unit in SP Class DF-107.

The disposition of this locomotive is, sold by SP to Trona in September 1960. Delivered in Nov. 1960. In Nov. 1992 sold to Johnson Terminal. July 1995 sold to SMS Rail Service, becoming SMS 553.

Thanks for looking. I hope you enjoy these:
Steve Sloan, San Jose, CA

These were scanned off of Kodacolor II negatives

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Bridgeport, NJ, 4/13/03.  Gerry

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Interesting comparison. Thanks for posting.

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Great stuff

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Neat, I didn't know it was still in Trona colors.

~Steve

Note that my picture was taken almost 17 years ago.  Gerry
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ssloansjca Wrote:
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> Neat, I didn't know it was still in Trona colors.
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> ~Steve