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SP 7200
Title:  SP 7200
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1987  Upload Date: 10/12/2017 4:56:05 PM
Location:  Eugene, OR
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7200(GP40X)
Views:  597   Comments: 1
SP 7200
Title:  SP 7200
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/19/1987  Upload Date: 2/16/2009 6:15:21 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  ROGER LALONDE
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7200(GP40X)
Views:  1686   Comments: 2
SP 7200
Title:  SP 7200
Description:  SP 7200 and friends passes under Pepper Ave, Colton
Photo Date:  8/1/1989  Upload Date: 6/28/2009 1:02:42 AM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Michael Tolich
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7200(GP40X)
Views:  1534   Comments: 0
SP EMD
Title:  SP EMD
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/3/1978  Upload Date: 2/21/2012 12:21:46 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  George Kantola
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  1605   Comments: 2
BN 6801 - Monolith, CA - 3/19/78
Title:  BN 6801 - Monolith, CA - 3/19/78
Description:  Burlington Northern SD40-2 6801 and Southern Pacific GP40X 7201 hustle a westbound freight through Monolith, California, just east of the town of Tehachapi. At this time in the late 1970s, the SP was testing a small number of BN units with Locotrol to see if the system would work on their demanding railroad.
Photo Date:  3/19/1978  Upload Date: 1/28/2011 5:18:02 PM
Location:  Monolith, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 6801(SD40-2) SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  1458   Comments: 1
BN 6801 - Walong, Tehachapi Mountains, CA - 3/19/78
Title:  BN 6801 - Walong, Tehachapi Mountains, CA - 3/19/78
Description:  A Southern Pacific freight, with Burlington Northern SD40-2 6801 in the lead (testing the Locotrol system for the SP), heads west over the famed Tehachapi Loop on March 19, 1978. In moments, the SD40-2 and the SP GP40X will be passing under the rear half of their train.
Photo Date:  3/19/1978  Upload Date: 1/24/2011 12:54:07 AM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  BN 6801(SD40-2) SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  1525   Comments: 2
SP 8594 LN 1008 SP 7201 GP40X
Title:  SP 8594 LN 1008 SP 7201 GP40X
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/15/1978  Upload Date: 11/3/2018 6:50:05 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Russell Eslick
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8594(U33C) LN 1008(GP30) SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  663   Comments: 1
New GP 40x units are in town.
Title:  New GP 40x units are in town.
Description:  These were pretty cool with the special trucks and elephant ears. Also the SP lighing palooza.
Photo Date:  7/10/1978  Upload Date: 1/23/2017 5:29:28 PM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  474   Comments: 0
SP 7201  at Industry Yard.
Title:  SP 7201 at Industry Yard.
Description:  These guys were almost nrand new at the time. they removed the "elephant ears" about a year later. see picture in same album.
Photo Date:  7/18/1978  Upload Date: 1/23/2017 5:30:47 PM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
SP 7201;B&O 4041+
Title:  SP 7201;B&O 4041+
Description:  GP-40X; GP-40 in Barr Yard
Photo Date:  2/23/1979  Upload Date: 1/1/2013 11:21:14 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X) BO 4041(GP40)
Views:  646   Comments: 0
SP 7201 and 7231
Title:  SP 7201 and 7231
Description:  Caught by surprise!
Photo Date:  9/11/1979  Upload Date: 5/21/2008 10:36:03 PM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  John Huey
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  SP 7231(GP40X) SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  2212   Comments: 0
SP 7201 at Denver
Title:  SP 7201 at Denver
Description:  Neil Shankweiler photo
Photo Date:  2/3/1980  Upload Date: 3/18/2025 3:43:22 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Neil Shankweiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  15   Comments: 0
SP Tunnel motors
Title:  SP Tunnel motors
Description:  This set of tunnel motors is departing Daytons Bluff Yard on a coal train towards LaCrosse.
Photo Date:  4/20/1980  Upload Date: 8/11/2016 5:17:23 PM
Location:  St. Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  434   Comments: 1
SP tunnel motors in Minnesota
Title:  SP tunnel motors in Minnesota
Description:  I believe this was an experiment by BN to see how this particular set of engines handled tunnels out west. They were on an eastbound coal train heading towards LaCrosse when I got some pictures of them at Oakland Tower on the south end of BNs Daytons Bluff Yard.
Photo Date:  4/20/1980  Upload Date: 8/11/2016 5:15:31 PM
Location:  St. Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X) SP 7230(GP40X)
Views:  712   Comments: 1
SP 7201
Title:  SP 7201
Description:  Rear view of SP 7201.
Photo Date:  5/2/1981  Upload Date: 7/4/2023 12:52:16 PM
Location:  Oxnard, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  182   Comments: 0
SP 7201
Title:  SP 7201
Description:  SP 7201 is the trailing unit on an Espee freight making its way up the coast.
Photo Date:  5/2/1981  Upload Date: 7/4/2023 12:52:38 PM
Location:  Oxnard, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
SP 7201
Title:  SP 7201
Description:  SP 7201 rides on the optional EMD HT-C trucks.
Photo Date:  5/2/1981  Upload Date: 7/4/2023 12:52:57 PM
Location:  Oxnard, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
SP 7201
Title:  SP 7201
Description:  SP 7201 waits for the Santa Fe crossing to clear before heading into West Colton yard.
Photo Date:  3/20/1982  Upload Date: 7/6/2023 9:26:47 AM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  178   Comments: 0
SP 7201
Title:  SP 7201
Description:  SP 7201 was delivered in February 1978.
Photo Date:  3/20/1982  Upload Date: 7/6/2023 9:27:27 AM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  234   Comments: 0
SP 7201
Title:  SP 7201
Description:  Rear view of SP 7201.
Photo Date:  3/20/1982  Upload Date: 7/6/2023 9:27:55 AM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  178   Comments: 0
Broadside SP 7201
Title:  Broadside SP 7201
Description:  SP 7201 enginemans side at Fresno, Calif. (date approx). That dark fray paint sure was dull but hid a lot of grime accumulated from the many tunnels and deserts on SP routes.
Photo Date:  5/25/1982  Upload Date: 11/7/2011 11:41:18 AM
Location:  Fresno, CA
Author:  Geneva Short
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  1094   Comments: 2
SP power eastbound on the BN
Title:  SP power eastbound on the BN
Description:  Division St
Photo Date:  6/8/1982  Upload Date: 1/10/2008 1:56:50 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Greg Smith
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  1183   Comments: 2
SP 7201
Title:  SP 7201
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1984  Upload Date: 2/15/2018 2:20:45 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  471   Comments: 0
SP 7201
Title:  SP 7201
Description:  Rear view of SP 7201.
Photo Date:  10/30/1988  Upload Date: 7/6/2023 9:28:24 AM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  195   Comments: 0
SP 7201, EMD GP40X, at BRC Clearing Yard
Title:  SP 7201, EMD GP40X, at BRC Clearing Yard
Description:  SP 7201, EMD GP40X, at BRC Clearing Yard at Bedford Park Illinois
Photo Date:  10/11/1994  Upload Date: 9/17/2009 3:19:20 PM
Location:  Bedford Park, IL
Author:  Paul Rome
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  2267   Comments: 3
SP 7201
Title:  SP 7201
Description:  Once cutting edge, the years have not been kind to SP 7201. Downgraded to local service, retirement is only a few months away in May 1995.
Photo Date:  11/20/1994  Upload Date: 7/6/2023 9:28:57 AM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
SP 7201
Title:  SP 7201
Description:  Rear view of SP 7201.
Photo Date:  11/20/1994  Upload Date: 7/6/2023 9:29:37 AM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
SP GP40X 7201
Title:  SP GP40X 7201
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/18/1996  Upload Date: 3/10/2006 10:42:58 PM
Location:  East Saint Louis, IL
Author:  Joe Ferguson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7201(GP40X)
Views:  3366   Comments: 3
SP 7230
Title:  SP 7230
Description:  A little over two weeks after being placed into service SP 7230 leads a freight heading for West Colton traveling on the Palmdale Cutoff. A photo of this same train at the same location by Dale Sanders appears on page 115 of Joe Strapac's Southern Pacific Review 1978-1979. You can see yours truly and my good friend Robert Tinkham in the background of Dale's photo taken from the hill a little west of our location.
Photo Date:  3/23/1978  Upload Date: 7/8/2023 8:25:16 AM
Location:  Hiland, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7230(GP40X)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
SP 7230
Title:  SP 7230
Description:  SP 7230 displays its as delivered configuration. Wonder if the cab still has that new locomotive smell?
Photo Date:  3/23/1978  Upload Date: 7/8/2023 8:25:36 AM
Location:  Hiland, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7230(GP40X)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
SP 7230
Title:  SP 7230
Description:  Rear view of SP 7230.
Photo Date:  3/23/1978  Upload Date: 7/8/2023 8:26:02 AM
Location:  Hiland, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7230(GP40X)
Views:  283   Comments: 0
SP 7230
Title:  SP 7230
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/1978  Upload Date: 2/25/2011 8:54:45 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  Chuck Amidon
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7230(GP40X)
Views:  1745   Comments: 2
GP-40x still sporting "elephant ears" at West Colton.
Title:  GP-40x still sporting "elephant ears" at West Colton.
Description:  I think the elephant ears were removed shortly after this photo was taken. these units were very distintive with the elephant ears and special trucks. SP only bought 4.
Photo Date:  11/22/1978  Upload Date: 9/12/2018 10:30:09 AM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SP 7230(GP40X)
Views:  410   Comments: 0
SP 7230
Title:  SP 7230
Description:  In service and before the "Elephant Ears" were removed. Date uncertain; CIRCA 1979
Photo Date:  1/1/1979  Upload Date: 5/9/2008 6:21:37 PM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  John Huey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7230(GP40X)
Views:  1024   Comments: 0
Moving the GP40X at Skidmore
Title:  Moving the GP40X at Skidmore
Description:  SP GP40X 7230 moves in the small yard at Skidmore TX; this line was subsequently abandoned.
Photo Date:  9/15/1979  Upload Date: 5/22/2011 5:59:53 PM
Location:  Skidmore, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7230(GP40X)
Views:  1129   Comments: 1
SP GP40X 7230
Title:  SP GP40X 7230
Description:  SP GP40X 7230 moves slowly through the small yard at Skidmore TX in September 1979
Photo Date:  9/15/1979  Upload Date: 9/14/2009 9:42:23 PM
Location:  Skidmore, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7230(GP40X)
Views:  1336   Comments: 1
BN power at diesel house
Title:  BN power at diesel house
Description:  BN 840, BN 707, SP 7230
Photo Date:  3/23/1980  Upload Date: 4/26/2011 10:28:02 AM
Location:  Auburn, WA
Author:  Brian Ambrose
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 840(F9A) SP 7230(GP40X)
Views:  918   Comments: 1
SP and BN power at diesel house
Title:  SP and BN power at diesel house
Description:  BN 707 and SP 7230
Photo Date:  3/23/1980  Upload Date: 4/26/2011 10:54:16 AM
Location:  Auburn, WA
Author:  Brian Ambrose
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7230(GP40X) BN 707(F7B)
Views:  1144   Comments: 0
SP tunnel motors
Title:  SP tunnel motors
Description:  Eastbound coal train heading towards Newport MN on Main 1 with a set of 4 SP tunnel motor engines.
Photo Date:  4/20/1980  Upload Date: 8/11/2016 5:36:03 PM
Location:  St. Paul, MN
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7231(GP40X) SP 7230(GP40X)
Views:  751   Comments: 0
SP 7230
Title:  SP 7230
Description:  Cab roof detail photo of SP 7230.
Photo Date:  1/9/1982  Upload Date: 7/8/2023 8:26:43 AM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7230(GP40X)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
SP 7230
Title:  SP 7230
Description:  SP 7230 will stay on the roster until December 1994.
Photo Date:  1/9/1982  Upload Date: 7/8/2023 8:27:08 AM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7230(GP40X)
Views:  245   Comments: 0
SP 7230
Title:  SP 7230
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/5/1987  Upload Date: 1/17/2009 12:54:04 PM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Tom Fassett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7230(GP40X)
Views:  1254   Comments: 0
SP GP40Xs on the BN
Title:  SP GP40Xs on the BN
Description:  SP GP40Xs in company of BN 2227 and BN 752
Photo Date:  4/30/1980  Upload Date: 4/13/2011 1:07:58 AM
Location:  Auburn, WA
Author:  Brian Ambrose
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7231(GP40X) BN 2227(GP30) BN 752(F7A)
Views:  1445   Comments: 2
SP 7231
Title:  SP 7231
Description:  SP 7231 will stay on the roster long enough to be assigned a UP number.
Photo Date:  3/20/1982  Upload Date: 7/8/2023 8:27:44 AM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7231(GP40X)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
D&RGW 3099
Title:  D&RGW 3099
Description:  The middle unit, SP GP40X 7231, is acting as the radio receiver for this remote helper set. She was later UP 9999:2, then sold to NRE and rebuilt to GP38-2 CP 4521. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  10/1/1983  Upload Date: 1/16/2010 11:15:43 AM
Location:  Hackamore, CA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 3099(GP40-2) SP 7231(GP40X)
Views:  1344   Comments: 1
SP 7231
Title:  SP 7231
Description:  SP 7231 was later UP 9999:2, sold to NRE, rebuilt to GP38-2 CP 4521. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  10/1/1983  Upload Date: 1/16/2010 12:06:28 PM
Location:  Ambrose, CA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7231(GP40X)
Views:  1245   Comments: 1
SP 7231
Title:  SP 7231
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/5/1987  Upload Date: 1/17/2009 12:54:22 PM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Tom Fassett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7231(GP40X)
Views:  1345   Comments: 0


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