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SP eastbound at Alfalfa yards
Title:  SP eastbound at Alfalfa yards
Description:  An SP eastbound stands out of the El Paso Alfalfa yard with five units behind a Cotton Belt SD45
Photo Date:  5/26/1973  Upload Date: 1/24/2008 7:52:57 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 8974(SD45)
Views:  823   Comments: 0
RI U28B 250
Title:  RI U28B 250
Description:  During the 1970| Rock Island power frequently operaued on the SP's "Golden State Route" into El Paso, Texas. Their use further west, while not unheard of, was not particularly popul`r with crews due to their lack of dynamim brakes. U28B 250 sits in El Paso in May 1973 with four other U-boat sisters. Note the maroon battery door on the cherry red unit.
Photo Date:  5/26/1973  Upload Date: 4/29/2008 7:29:44 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 250(U28B)
Views:  1198   Comments: 1
MP GP7 327
Title:  MP GP7 327
Description:  MP GP7 327 idles at the road's yard in El Paso TX in June 1973. Delivered as MP 4316 in 1954, retired in 1981. It's one of the MP's unique "phase IV" GP7s which had GP9 characteristics.
Photo Date:  6/11/1973  Upload Date: 10/1/2013 4:05:46 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 327(GP7)
Views:  556   Comments: 0
MP GP7 327
Title:  MP GP7 327
Description:  Rear 3/4 shot of MP GP7 327 at El Paso in 1973.
Photo Date:  6/11/1973  Upload Date: 10/1/2013 4:05:58 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 327(GP7)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
Fairbanks Morse Builders Plate H-12-44
Title:  Fairbanks Morse Builders Plate H-12-44
Description:  FM H-12-44 builder's plate; SP 1596, 2394
Photo Date:  6/15/1973  Upload Date: 2/28/2008 6:06:26 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2394(H-12-44)
Views:  860   Comments: 0
SP SW1500 2504
Title:  SP SW1500 2504
Description:  SP SW1500 2504 working the Sunset Limited at El Paso Union Station
Photo Date:  7/28/1973  Upload Date: 6/27/2011 10:44:09 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2504(SW1500)
Views:  462   Comments: 0
Flexicoil 2-axle truck
Title:  Flexicoil 2-axle truck
Description:  Flexicoil 2-axle truck under SP SW1500 2504
Photo Date:  7/28/1973  Upload Date: 3/16/2008 9:19:05 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2504(SW1500)
Views:  3080   Comments: 0
SP Business Car 99
Title:  SP Business Car 99
Description:  SP Business car 99 sits by El Paso Union Station in Dec. 1973
Photo Date:  12/15/1973  Upload Date: 6/26/2009 6:41:00 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Roster,Yard
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Views:  2409   Comments: 0
El Paso Union Station: 1973
Title:  El Paso Union Station: 1973
Description:  The depot in El Paso is shown in Dec 1973.
Photo Date:  12/15/1973  Upload Date: 6/26/2009 6:41:11 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
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Views:  421   Comments: 0
U Boat sighting in El Paso
Title:  U Boat sighting in El Paso
Description:  Rock Island U33B 199 sits in the SP terminal at El Paso TX in December 1973
Photo Date:  12/31/1973  Upload Date: 4/28/2011 9:27:35 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
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Views:  1272   Comments: 3
Power by Fairbanks-Morse
Title:  Power by Fairbanks-Morse
Description:  SP H-12-44 2391 works cars in El Paso TX in December 1973. This is a late-bodied H-12-44 with the short battery boxes; SP's also featured the road's standard light package. Although long common in El Paso, there were being replaced by new SW1500s at this time.
Photo Date:  12/31/1973  Upload Date: 7/17/2013 9:14:55 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2391(H-12-44)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
Switchers idle
Title:  Switchers idle
Description:  A variety of switchers idle at El paso in December 1973; Three H-12-44s, an SW1200 and an SD7 are present
Photo Date:  12/31/1973  Upload Date: 1/24/2008 7:57:30 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 2370(H-12-44)
Views:  613   Comments: 0
SP U30C 7911
Title:  SP U30C 7911
Description:  SP U30C 7911 on a westbound train at El Paso TX in January 1974
Photo Date:  1/24/1974  Upload Date: 5/24/2014 1:23:44 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ()
Views:  262   Comments: 0
SP U33C 8636
Title:  SP U33C 8636
Description:  SP U33C 8636 on a westbound train at El Paso in January 1974
Photo Date:  1/26/1974  Upload Date: 5/24/2014 1:22:24 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8636(U33C)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
SP H-12-44 2391
Title:  SP H-12-44 2391
Description:  SP Fairbanks-Morse H-12-44 2391 working cars at El Paso
Photo Date:  1/26/1974  Upload Date: 5/24/2014 1:21:54 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2391(H-12-44)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
MP GP7 103
Title:  MP GP7 103
Description:  MP (with TP sublettering) GP7 103 idles by the El Paso yard office in December 1974. It's the former KO&G 807 and later became MP 1690.
Photo Date:  1/26/1974  Upload Date: 10/22/2010 2:39:37 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 103(GP7)
Views:  519   Comments: 0
Santa Fe 2943 at El Paso
Title:  Santa Fe 2943 at El Paso
Description:  ATSF GP9 2943 sits by the El Paso roundhouse in 1974. It would be rebuilt by the road as 2248 and does not appear to have survived to the BNSF.
Photo Date:  1/26/1974  Upload Date: 2/5/2011 11:18:18 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 2943(GP9)
Views:  1556   Comments: 6
Santa Fe train entering El Paso
Title:  Santa Fe train entering El Paso
Description:  Santa Fe SD39 4017 leads a train down from Belen as it enters El Paso in January 1974. 2300/2400 horsepower units predominated on the El Paso line during this period-today it was 4017 with SD24 4512 and SD39 4012.
Photo Date:  1/26/1974  Upload Date: 2/5/2011 11:18:39 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 4017(SD39)
Views:  1096   Comments: 1
Gon loads you don't see every day
Title:  Gon loads you don't see every day
Description:  ATSF gon 76425 carries a pair of F7 roof sections to a scrap yard; the rest of these locomotives are undoubtedly being converted to CF7s at Cleburne
Photo Date:  1/26/1974  Upload Date: 10/4/2008 10:44:43 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  424   Comments: 0
SP U30C 7911
Title:  SP U30C 7911
Description:  SP U30C 7911 on a westbound freight at El Paso
Photo Date:  1/26/1974  Upload Date: 6/21/2015 9:03:25 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ()
Views:  258   Comments: 0
SSW 6517 in El Paso
Title:  SSW 6517 in El Paso
Description:  Cotton Belt GP35 6517 in El Paso
Photo Date:  1/26/1974  Upload Date: 6/21/2015 9:04:00 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 6517(GP35)
Views:  243   Comments: 0
SP U33C 8645
Title:  SP U33C 8645
Description:  SP U33C 8645 leading a westbound past El Paso Union Station
Photo Date:  1/26/1974  Upload Date: 6/21/2015 9:04:22 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8645(U33C)
Views:  352   Comments: 0
SP SD7 1413
Title:  SP SD7 1413
Description:  Southern Pacific SD7 1413 is working as a heavy switcher at El Paso in January 1974; it's just retrieved a cut of cars from the MP yard and is returning to Cotton Street. 1413 was on the third of its four numbers on SP, being built as 5292, then holding 2713, 1413 and, finally, 1500.
Photo Date:  1/26/1974  Upload Date: 1/10/2009 10:32:00 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
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Views:  3364   Comments: 3
SP Freight in El Paso
Title:  SP Freight in El Paso
Description:  Four units bring an eastbound ESPEE freight past Union Station; U33C 8778 is followed by a GP35, GP20 and U33C set.
Photo Date:  1/26/1974  Upload Date: 6/26/2009 6:41:25 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8778(U33C)
Views:  468   Comments: 0
FM In Texas
Title:  FM In Texas
Description:  During the early 1970s vhe railfan press spent a lot of ink (and rightfully so) on the SP's Fairbanks Morse fleet in the San Francisco Bay area. The road also had a small OP outpost in El Paso anj Tucscon during the same timeframe that didn't seem to get as much attention. 2394 was one of the West Texas FMs- it's shown in the Cotton Street Yard in Jan 1974.
Photo Date:  1/26/1974  Upload Date: 9/19/2009 7:09:01 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2394(H-12-44)
Views:  1416   Comments: 3
Whiskers
Title:  Whiskers
Description:  Three FM H-12-44s and an SD45 sit on the turntable whiskers at El Paso in Jan 1974.
Photo Date:  1/26/1974  Upload Date: 1/24/2008 7:55:30 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 2355(H-12-44)
Views:  582   Comments: 0
On the Santa Fe ready track
Title:  On the Santa Fe ready track
Description:  Santa Fe GP9 2923 sits on the ready track at El Paso in Jan 1974 with a sister not far behind. The paint scheme may be recent but the rest of the scene- the black water tower with herald and sand house- go back many years. As for 2923, it would be rebuilt into a GP9U in 1978-79 and retired prior to the BNSF merger.
Photo Date:  1/26/1974  Upload Date: 3/10/2008 7:52:40 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 2923(GP9)
Views:  1249   Comments: 1
SP FP7 6458
Title:  SP FP7 6458
Description:  Southern Pacific FP7 6458 on Amtrak's Sunset Limited in El Paso
Photo Date:  3/13/1974  Upload Date: 7/8/2012 8:03:42 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 6458(FP7A)
Views:  711   Comments: 0
Amtrak 161
Title:  Amtrak 161
Description:  Amtrak F7B 161, the former SP 8291, at El Paso in April 1974 on the Sunset Limited.
Photo Date:  4/13/1974  Upload Date: 5/25/2008 9:40:16 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 161(F7B)
Views:  1266   Comments: 0
ATSF 4511
Title:  ATSF 4511
Description:  Santa Fe SD24 4511 in El Paso back when the line was run by SD24, 39 and U23C types and GP7s/9s were used in the yards.
Photo Date:  4/13/1974  Upload Date: 12/28/2012 9:13:37 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  John Pouch
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 4511(SD24)
Views:  673   Comments: 0
Ghost of the KO&G
Title:  Ghost of the KO&G
Description:  Since both my Grandfather and Great-Grandfather worked for the Muskogee Lines I was always watching for equipment from those roads. This TP 50' reefer shows signs of being a former Kansas Oklahoma & Gulf car; the road was consumed by the Texas & Pacific in 1970 as a part of the MP system.
Photo Date:  5/15/1974  Upload Date: 7/17/2013 10:38:29 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
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Views:  477   Comments: 0
TPL (American Refrigerator Transit) 49' Reefer 2708
Title:  TPL (American Refrigerator Transit) 49' Reefer 2708
Description:  Marked for the American Refrigerator Transit CO, TPL 2708 carried the markings of co-owners Wabash and Missouri Pacific. Originally TPLX 2708, one of ten 49 footers from the series 2700-2709. These cars were rare; as of the July 1976 OER there were only 22 cars in the country still registered for TPL.
Photo Date:  5/15/1974  Upload Date: 7/17/2013 10:38:54 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
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Views:  274   Comments: 0
MP SD40 3004
Title:  MP SD40 3004
Description:  At the end of the system, MP SD40 3004 rests at El Paso before returning east towards Ft Worth.
Photo Date:  12/30/1974  Upload Date: 10/30/2010 9:37:32 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 3004(SD40)
Views:  577   Comments: 1
MP SD40-2 3107
Title:  MP SD40-2 3107
Description:  MoPac SD40-2 3107 sits at the engine facility in El Paso TX in December of 1974
Photo Date:  12/30/1974  Upload Date: 10/30/2010 9:39:02 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 3107(SD40-2)
Views:  709   Comments: 0
Working El Paso
Title:  Working El Paso
Description:  SP H-12-44 2356 works a diesel fuel tank car at El Paso yard on a gloomy winter day in 1974. SP's "El Paso FMs" were at the end of their lives at this point; there were five in town this day- all would be retired within a few months.
Photo Date:  12/30/1974  Upload Date: 1/10/2009 10:31:28 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
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Views:  1393   Comments: 0
SP RSD12 2961
Title:  SP RSD12 2961
Description:  SP had a number of big Alcos working as switchers and transfer units in Houston and New Orleans through the early 1970s. in 1974 a number of them were moved to the Pacific Lines, ending up in places like Colton and Ogden. RSD12 2961 was one of three passing through El Paso in Dec 1974 during the transfer.
Photo Date:  12/30/1974  Upload Date: 9/20/2009 9:29:18 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2961(RSD12)
Views:  1539   Comments: 1
MP/TP yard
Title:  MP/TP yard
Description:  At the end of the Texas Pacific the road had this yard; the office is to the left, engine facility to the right and there's a white car repair facility in the background. A GP7 can be seen switching a line of cars in the middle, just below the caboose track.
Photo Date:  12/30/1974  Upload Date: 1/26/2008 8:17:32 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  641   Comments: 0
MP Transfer in El Paso
Title:  MP Transfer in El Paso
Description:  An MP GP7 brings a transfer towards the SP yard in El Paso in 1975. 105 was a KO&G original and would be retired only about four months later, reportedly after suffering wreck damage.
Photo Date:  7/25/1975  Upload Date: 10/1/2013 4:06:08 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 105(GP7)
Views:  566   Comments: 0
MP Eastbound Leaving El Paso
Title:  MP Eastbound Leaving El Paso
Description:  Four EMDs bring an eastbound MP train by a canal and out of El Paso in the summer of 1975. The tracks belong to SP and the train is approaching that road's Alfalfa Yard in the eastern part of the city. 3063 is followed by 3038, 3189 and 3114.
Photo Date:  7/26/1975  Upload Date: 10/1/2013 4:06:38 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 3063(SD40)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
SP SW1500 2509
Title:  SP SW1500 2509
Description:  SP SW1500 2509 at El Paso.
Photo Date:  7/31/1975  Upload Date: 6/21/2015 9:05:40 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2509(SW1500)
Views:  234   Comments: 0
SP U25B 6759
Title:  SP U25B 6759
Description:  SP U25B 6759 at El Paso
Photo Date:  7/31/1975  Upload Date: 6/21/2015 9:06:01 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 6759(U25B)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
SP SD7 1425
Title:  SP SD7 1425
Description:  SP SD7 1425 at El Paso. A former dual-service unit with steam generator and still retaining a 'wagon wheel' radio antenna.
Photo Date:  7/31/1975  Upload Date: 8/4/2013 9:31:36 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1425(SD7)
Views:  530   Comments: 0
SP SD45 8953
Title:  SP SD45 8953
Description:  SP SD45 8953, El Paso TX summel of 1975
Photo Date:  7/31/1975  Upload Date: 3/30/2013 10:11:16 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8953(SD45)
Views:  538   Comments: 0
SP U33C 8731
Title:  SP U33C 8731
Description:  SP U33C 8731, El Paso July 1905
Photo Date:  7/31/1975  Upload Date: 3/30/2013 10:11:29 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8731(U33C)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
SP U33C 876O
Title:  SP U33C 876O
Description:  SP U33C 8761, El Paso TX July 1975
Photo Date:  7/31/1975  Upload Date: 3/30/2013 10:11:43 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8761(U33C)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
Amtrak #2724 PINE LEAF
Title:  Amtrak #2724 PINE LEAF
Description:  RE-UPLOAD due to missing file. Amtrak 10 roomette-6 double bedroom (10RM-6DB) sleeper #2724 PINE LEAF. Built by Budd in February 1950 in Lot #9660-038 to Pullman Plan #9521 as AT&SF #1635 PINE LEAF, sold to Amtrak in 1971 as #2724, converted to head end power (HEP) in 1981 as #2458, retired in 2001 and subsequently sold to Illinois Transit Assembly (ITAX) in Madison, IL (later became Gateway Coach), resold in 2009 to Iowa, Chicago & Eastern and used as a MofW bunk car. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide. Photographer is unknown.
Photo Date:  4/12/1976  Upload Date: 12/25/2024 3:12:40 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  6   Comments: 0
Amtrak #2371 REGAL VALE
Title:  Amtrak #2371 REGAL VALE
Description:  Amtrak 4 double bedroom-4 compartment-2 drawing room (4DB-4C-2DR) sleeper #2371 REGAL VALE. Built by Pullman-Standard in January 1948 in Lot #6757 to Plan #4144 as AT&SF #1835 REGAL VALE. Sold to Amtrak in 1971 as #2371, retired in 1981 and sold in 1982 to the Anbel Corporation in Brownsville, TX, no further disposition info. Seen here in the consist of the SUNSET LIMITED (direction unknown) during the station stop in El Paso. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide. Photographer is unknown.
Photo Date:  4/12/1976  Upload Date: 4/4/2016 6:44:54 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  636   Comments: 0
Ex-Rock Island Covered Hoppers in 1982
Title:  Ex-Rock Island Covered Hoppers in 1982
Description:  Amtrak's EB Sunset Limited
Photo Date:  6/15/1982  Upload Date: 8/21/2004 2:04:33 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  833   Comments: 3
SP 6351
Title:  SP 6351
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1982  Upload Date: 10/12/2017 4:01:22 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 6351(GP35R)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
SP 9365
Title:  SP 9365
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/11/1983  Upload Date: 7/1/2020 1:42:14 AM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Jeffrey Carlson
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Views:  140   Comments: 0


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