Technical Data
Builder | GM EMD, La Grange, IL |
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Number | 19978 |
Date | April 1955 |
Type | GP9 |
Wheel Arrangement | B-B |
Power | Diesel-Electric |
Gross Weight | 130 tons |
Horsepower | 1750 |
History
- 1955, built new as Southern Pacific Railroad No. 5623;
- 1966 (June), renumbered SP No. 3005
- 1977, General Rehabilitation and Improvement Program, Sacramento, CA; renumbered SP No. 3189
- 1991, retired by Southern Pacific
- 1991, purchased by Sims Metals, scrap dealer, Richmond, CA
- 1991, purchased by Mr. Errol Ohman & Mr. Howard Wise, private owners
- 1992 (December), on loan to the PLA by Mr. Ohman & Mr. Wise
- 1993, on loan to the Oakland Terminal Railway, Oakland CA
- 2005 (January), in service, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CA