Southern Pacific #1218

Technical Data

BuilderAmerican Locomotive Co. (ALCO)
Number1218
DateApril 1955
TypeS6
Wheel ArrangementB-B
PowerDiesel-Electric (900 hp)
Gross Weight116 tons
Horsepower900

History

  • Built new as Southern Pacific #1051
  • Renumbered #1218 in the 1965 system wide renumbering of locomotives
  • Retired 1980
  • Purchased by Foster Farms and used at their Livingston, CA facility, then later relocated to Burrel, CA
  • Donated to PLA 2004
  • Moved to Niles Canyon September 2005
  • Undergoing restoration Brightside, CA

Visit the SP #1218 project website at this link.


SP#1218 switches cars in the Brightside yard next to WP #918 in the fall of 2012.
Photo by Christopher Hauf – Used with permission
SP#1218 switches in the Brightside yard in the fall of 2012.
Photo by Christopher Hauf – Used with permission