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Owner: Southern Pacific
Model:EMD GP9Built As:SP 5881 (GP9)
Serial Number:25640Order No:5608
Frame Number:5608-10Built:8/1959
Notes:08/1959
Other locos with this serial:  SP 3717(GP9)
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SP GP9 3717
Title:  SP GP9 3717
Description:  1959-model GP9's 3717 and 3703 and 1966-vintage C630's 3144 and 3141 power an eastbound transfer run over the Southern Railway's BACK BELT at L&N Junction. L&N Junction Tower, which closed in July 1972, is visible on the other side of the tank car. The large structure is the city incinerator on Elysian Fields Avenue.
Photo Date:  12/21/1975  Upload Date: 8/6/2010 12:09:32 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 3717(GP9) SP 3703(GP9) SP 3144(C630) SP 3141(C630)
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