Southern Pacific #1218

Technical Data

Builder	American Locomotive Co. (ALCO)
Number	1218
Date	April 1955
Type	S6
Wheel Arrangement	B-B
Power	Diesel-Electric (900 hp)
Gross Weight	116 tons
Horsepower	900

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

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Visit the SP #1218 project website at this link.

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