Nostalgia & History > Switcher Saturday, SP TR6 At Roseville, Late 1960s

As far as I know, Roseville was the only place that the SP TR-6 switchers were used.

Regards, Jim Evans

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FiveChime Wrote:
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> As far as I know, Roseville was the only place
> that the SP TR-6 switchers were used.
>
> Regards, Jim Evans

Great photo! Regarding where they operated, their history is a bit more complicated per the espee.railfan site. Per that site, this would actually be an SW8 with dynamic brakes (you can barely make the top DB fan thru the cab) paired with a TR6B, which occured after the original TR6A and TR6B combinations.
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/16/21 10:13 by tehachapifan.

Jim nice shot, but I need a picture of the "controls" end of the calf. 

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tehachapifan Wrote:
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> FiveChime Wrote:
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> > As far as I know, Roseville was the only place
> > that the SP TR-6 switchers were used.
> >
> > Regards, Jim Evans
>
> Great photo! Regarding where they operated, their
> history is a bit more complicated per the
> espee.railfan site. Per that site, this would
> actually be an SW8 with dynamic brakes (you can
> barely make the top DB fan thru the cab) paired
> with a TR6B, which occured after the original TR6A
> and TR6B combinations.
>  

The TR6A's ended up down south on the Pacific Electric. They had dual controls which made them very handy.