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SP 7200 with radiator hoods
Title:  SP 7200 with radiator hoods
Description:  Mark Lagomarcino photo
Photo Date:  3/18/1978  Upload Date: 2/6/2024 9:54:24 PM
Location:  San Antonio, TX
Author:  Mark Lagomarcino
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7200(GP40X) SSW 9295(SD45T-2)
Views:  293   Comments: 1
SP 7200
Title:  SP 7200
Description:  The setting sun glints off half of Southern Pacifics GP40X fleet as an eastbound heads out of Sacramento, CA on September 2, 1978 behind two GP40Xs and two GP9Es, while an SW1500 works on an adjacent track.
Photo Date:  9/2/1978  Upload Date: 3/13/2012 2:47:11 PM
Location:  Sacramento, CA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Night,Action
Locomotives:  SP 7200(GP40X)
Views:  1006   Comments: 0
SP 7200-WM 4369-B&O 4041
Title:  SP 7200-WM 4369-B&O 4041
Description:  GP-40X;GP40-2;GP-40 in Barr Yard
Photo Date:  2/23/1979  Upload Date: 1/1/2013 11:20:22 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  SP 7200(GP40X) WM 4369(GP40-2) BO 4041(GP40)
Views:  1640   Comments: 0
WM 4369-SP 7200
Title:  WM 4369-SP 7200
Description:  new GP40-2; GP-40X in Barr Yard
Photo Date:  2/23/1979  Upload Date: 1/1/2013 11:22:06 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  WM 4369(GP40-2) SP 7200(GP40X)
Views:  994   Comments: 0
SP 7200 West
Title:  SP 7200 West
Description:  Bruce Veary photo
Photo Date:  7/11/1980  Upload Date: 1/19/2025 5:43:16 PM
Location:  Santa Barbara, CA
Author:  Bruce Veary
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7200(GP40X)
Views:  168   Comments: 0
GP40X's
Title:  GP40X's
Description:  Taken from Pepper Ave. sometime in the mid 80's
Photo Date:  1/1/1987  Upload Date: 2/12/2013 9:06:25 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Scott Clay
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7230(GP40X) SP 7201(GP40X) SP 7200(GP40X) SP 7231(GP40X)
Views:  1322   Comments: 1
SP 7200
Title:  SP 7200
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/5/1987  Upload Date: 1/17/2009 12:53:46 PM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Tom Fassett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7200(GP40X)
Views:  1469   Comments: 0
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:  684   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:  1758   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:  1636   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:  1680   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:  1552   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:  1630   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:  763   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:  549   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:  438   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:  748   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:  2304   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:  113   Comments: 1
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:  526   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:  824   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:  269   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:  284   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:  257   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:  251   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:  324   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:  250   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:  1165   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:  1253   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:  550   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:  267   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:  2365   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:  225   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:  252   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:  3445   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:  361   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:  400   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:  373   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:  1839   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:  484   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:  1086   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:  1206   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:  1394   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:  1006   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:  1227   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:  857   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:  339   Comments: 0


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