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SP 2971
Title:  SP 2971
Description:  SP 2971 is seen only two months after entering service.
Photo Date:  7/14/1973  Upload Date: 4/27/2015 5:39:50 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2971(SD38-2)
Views:  748   Comments: 0
SP 2971
Title:  SP 2971
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/1985  Upload Date: 1/16/2009 4:36:58 PM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Tom Fassett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2971(SD38-2)
Views:  2200   Comments: 1
SP 2976
Title:  SP 2976
Description:  Southern Pacific's SD38-2 locomotives were somewhat unique on the railroad when delivered in 1973, as they were ordered without the SP-standard signal lights on them - just the EMD-standard nose headlight. This was because they were intended solely for use on the hump at the road's then-new West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California. The yard officially opened on February 23, 1973, and the SD38-2s, 2971 through 2976, were built by EMD in April of 1973. These engines, teamed with slugs constructed from old Alco six-axle road power, did occassionally venture out onto the road for short jaunts, such as this transfer - led by SD38-2 2976, slug 1001 (ex-SP C628 7115, originally SP 4856) and SD38-2 2972 - heading from the old Colton Yard to West Colton Yard. The slugs are long-gone, but the six SD38-2s soldier on at this location under a coat of UP Armour Yellow paint.
Photo Date:  4/27/1978  Upload Date: 10/22/2012 1:18:48 PM
Location:  Bloomington, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 2976(SD38-2) SP 1001(Yard Slug) SP 2972(SD38-2)
Views:  1552   Comments: 0
SP 2972
Title:  SP 2972
Description:  SP 2972 works a cut of cars at the far east end of West Colton yard.
Photo Date:  2/24/1979  Upload Date: 4/27/2015 5:40:26 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2972(SD38-2)
Views:  996   Comments: 0
SP 2973
Title:  SP 2973
Description:  SP 2973 is part of the standard power set built for working the West Colton hump.
Photo Date:  3/6/1976  Upload Date: 4/27/2015 5:41:05 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2973(SD38-2)
Views:  541   Comments: 0
SP 2973
Title:  SP 2973
Description:  SP 2973 was built in 1973 for West Colton yard service.
Photo Date:  10/31/1976  Upload Date: 4/27/2015 5:41:38 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2973(SD38-2)
Views:  598   Comments: 0
SP 2973
Title:  SP 2973
Description:  SP 2973 later became UP 2832 and then UPY 832.
Photo Date:  3/20/1977  Upload Date: 4/27/2015 5:42:09 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2973(SD38-2)
Views:  486   Comments: 0
Southern Pacific SD38-2 #2973
Title:  Southern Pacific SD38-2 #2973
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Colton Yard.
Photo Date:  3/17/1979  Upload Date: 10/7/2006 9:06:00 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2973(SD38-2) SP 1002(Yard Slug)
Views:  2845   Comments: 1
SP 2973
Title:  SP 2973
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/1985  Upload Date: 1/16/2009 4:39:11 PM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Tom Fassett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2973(SD38-2)
Views:  667   Comments: 0
SD38-2 at WC
Title:  SD38-2 at WC
Description:  UPY 832 leads back int WC yard
Photo Date:  12/26/2017  Upload Date: 10/17/2020 8:20:10 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Cameron Smith
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UPY 832(SD38-2) UP 2832(SD38-2) SP 2973(SD38-2)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
SP 2974 near Colton
Title:  SP 2974 near Colton
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  5/8/1973  Upload Date: 6/3/2023 4:40:00 PM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2974(SD38-2)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
SP 2974
Title:  SP 2974
Description:  Rear view of SP 2974.
Photo Date:  3/20/1977  Upload Date: 4/27/2015 5:42:59 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2974(SD38-2)
Views:  561   Comments: 0
Hump Yard Set
Title:  Hump Yard Set
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Colton Yard.
Photo Date:  3/17/1979  Upload Date: 2/25/2007 7:46:55 AM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2975(SD38-2) SP 1000(Yard Slug) SP 2974(SD38-2)
Views:  3153   Comments: 0
Southern Pacific Hump Yard Set
Title:  Southern Pacific Hump Yard Set
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Hump slug #1000 rebuilt from SP C628 #7121, wrecked on the L&N in 1970. West Colton Yard.
Photo Date:  3/17/1979  Upload Date: 11/9/2005 10:04:19 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2975(SD38-2) SP 2974(SD38-2) SP 1000(Yard Slug)
Views:  2720   Comments: 1
Slug set with eastbound at Marne siding.
Title:  Slug set with eastbound at Marne siding.
Description:  These guys would run from West Colton to LA once in a while. I don't think they were set up for speed, so spent a lot of time in sidings when they ventured out of the yard.
Photo Date:  3/15/1980  Upload Date: 12/2/2016 10:17:52 AM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories:  Roster,Night,Action
Locomotives:  SP 2974(SD38-2)
Views:  251   Comments: 0
SP 2976, SP 3108 and SP 2974 at SP's West Colton Yard circa 1985
Title:  SP 2976, SP 3108 and SP 2974 at SP's West Colton Yard circa 1985
Description:  Actual date is uncertain, but the 1000 class slugs were gone mostly by 1984, so its after that.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 1/9/2020 11:01:26 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Mark Ala
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  SP 2976(SD38-2) SP 3108(SD35) SP 2974(SD38-2)
Views:  692   Comments: 1
SP 2971
Title:  SP 2971
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/25/2000  Upload Date: 1/16/2009 4:40:22 PM
Location:  Bloomington, CA
Author:  Tom Fassett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2974(SD38-2)
Views:  1382   Comments: 1
UPY 833
Title:  UPY 833
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/17/2018  Upload Date: 11/4/2019 11:39:24 PM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Cameron Smith
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UPY 833(SD38-2) UPY 3202(SD40-2) SP 2974(SD38-2) UP 8004(SD40-2)
Views:  479   Comments: 0
SP 2975
Title:  SP 2975
Description:  Only two months old and SP 2975 is already earnings its keep working the West Colton hump.
Photo Date:  7/14/1973  Upload Date: 4/27/2015 5:43:30 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2975(SD38-2)
Views:  665   Comments: 1
SP 2975
Title:  SP 2975
Description:  SP 2975 puts its 2,000 HP to work shoving cars over the West Colton hump.
Photo Date:  7/14/1973  Upload Date: 4/27/2015 5:43:50 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2975(SD38-2)
Views:  599   Comments: 0
SP 2975
Title:  SP 2975
Description:  SP 2975 is part of a standard West Colton hump set.
Photo Date:  10/31/1976  Upload Date: 4/27/2015 5:44:22 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2975(SD38-2)
Views:  385   Comments: 0
SP 2975
Title:  SP 2975
Description:  SP 2975 would later become UPY 834.
Photo Date:  10/31/1976  Upload Date: 4/27/2015 5:44:51 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2975(SD38-2)
Views:  563   Comments: 0
Southern Pacific SD38-2 #2975
Title:  Southern Pacific SD38-2 #2975
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Colton Yard.
Photo Date:  3/17/1979  Upload Date: 2/25/2007 7:46:59 AM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2975(SD38-2) SP 1000(Yard Slug)
Views:  3591   Comments: 0
SP 2975
Title:  SP 2975
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/5/2000  Upload Date: 1/16/2009 4:43:43 PM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Tom Fassett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2975(SD38-2)
Views:  1857   Comments: 1
SP SD38-2 2976
Title:  SP SD38-2 2976
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1976  Upload Date: 11/13/2018 1:10:01 PM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  R. H. Lehmuth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2976(SD38-2)
Views:  294   Comments: 1
SP 2976
Title:  SP 2976
Description:  Rear view of SP 2976.
Photo Date:  10/31/1976  Upload Date: 4/27/2015 5:45:17 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2976(SD38-2)
Views:  655   Comments: 0
SP SD38-2 2976
Title:  SP SD38-2 2976
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/12/1977  Upload Date: 3/8/2008 7:48:36 AM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2976(SD38-2)
Views:  1172   Comments: 1
SP 2976 hump set
Title:  SP 2976 hump set
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/8/1978  Upload Date: 7/26/2008 7:13:45 AM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  John Huey
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 2976(SD38-2) SP 4121(GP20E)
Views:  2019   Comments: 1
SP 2976
Title:  SP 2976
Description:  SP 2976 leads a standard hump set along with the former FM Trainmaster braking slug and an ALCO into West Colton yard with a cut of cars from old Colton yard.
Photo Date:  2/24/1979  Upload Date: 4/27/2015 5:45:52 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 2976(SD38-2)
Views:  1092   Comments: 2


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