Southern Pacific (SP) 3877 - Rebuilt EMD GP9R

. Southern Pacific’s BTKRR empty rock train heads west past Tower 74 late in the day at Beaumont, TX. The SP 3877 a rebuilt GP9R was originally built as SP #5877 a GP9 in August 1959.

SP 3877 a perfectly lovely speciment - old, rusty, a little awkwardly designed.... just the thing to delight a rail fan.

Just south of the Shreveport city line, SP 6590 heads a work train.

Two GP9Rs still tending to switching duties in Roseville, CA on a hot summer day in 1997.

One of a handful of late GP9s built with factory low noses, SP 3877 was later DLSX 3877, RLK (Rail America/Ottawa Valley) 4004. Date of photo approximate.