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Pictures of SP 8353
 
Owner: Southern Pacific
Model:EMD SD40T-2Built As:SP 8353 (SD40T-2)
Serial Number:73685-4Order No:73685
Frame Number:73685-4Built:6/1974
Other locos with this serial:  GECX 2870(SD40T-2) SP 8353(SD40T-2) HLCX 6106(SD40T-2) WAMX 4133(SD40T-2) UP 4397(SD40T-2)
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Top view of SP 8353 at Caliente
Title:  Top view of SP 8353 at Caliente
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/20/1973  Upload Date: 5/26/2006 10:11:39 PM
Location:  Tehachapi Pass, CA
Author:  Steve Schmollinger
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 8353(SD40T-2)
Views:  1822   Comments: 0
First mid-train helper on BN 6807 East
Title:  First mid-train helper on BN 6807 East
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/1977  Upload Date: 6/16/2006 11:18:36 AM
Location:  Bealville, CA
Author:  Steve Schmollinger
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 8353(SD40T-2)
Views:  1515   Comments: 0
First mid-train helper of BN 6807 East at Bealville
Title:  First mid-train helper of BN 6807 East at Bealville
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/1977  Upload Date: 5/26/2006 8:33:46 PM
Location:  Tehachapi Pass, CA
Author:  Steve Schmollinger
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 8353(SD40T-2)
Views:  1150   Comments: 0
SP Helper riding on the rear of a ATSF hotshot
Title:  SP Helper riding on the rear of a ATSF hotshot
Description:  A common practice on Southern Pacific-Santa Fe operation of Tehachapi was to have helpers ride downhill on descending freights. It simplified train dispatching on the mountain.
Photo Date:  9/5/1982  Upload Date: 7/13/2020 1:38:55 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 8353(SD40T-2)
Views:  638   Comments: 1
SP Helper with 8 units at Tehachapi Loop
Title:  SP Helper with 8 units at Tehachapi Loop
Description:  A common practice on Southern Pacific-Santa Fe operation of Tehachapi was to have helpers ride downhill on descending freights. It simplified train dispatching on the mountain.
Photo Date:  9/5/1982  Upload Date: 7/13/2020 1:48:15 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 8918(SD45) SP 8313(SD40T-2) SP 8353(SD40T-2)
Views:  1005   Comments: 3
SP 8376 W/B local
Title:  SP 8376 W/B local
Description:  SP 8376 westbound & SSW 9673 E/B meet at East Vaughn NM after sunrise
Photo Date:  1/13/1996  Upload Date: 2/24/2012 2:44:28 PM
Location:  Vaughn, NM
Author:  Lauren Scrafford
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  SP 8376(SD40T-2) SP 8353(SD40T-2) SSW 9673(GP60) SSW 9682(GP60) SP 8566(SD40T-2) SP 7333(SD40R)
Views:  1679   Comments: 1
SP 8376 W/B local
Title:  SP 8376 W/B local
Description:  Southern Pacific westbound local from Tucumcari, after sunrise
Photo Date:  1/13/1996  Upload Date: 2/24/2012 2:36:16 PM
Location:  Vaughn, NM
Author:  Lauren Scrafford
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  SP 8376(SD40T-2) SP 8353(SD40T-2)
Views:  1639   Comments: 0

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