| ICG SW14 1442, Memphis, Tennessee, June 20, 1986, photo by Chuck Zeiler, This locomotive was built as road number 9480 in June 1952 (c/n 16422) on EMD Order 4123. It was renumbered to 480 and in 1980 rebuilt to SW14 1442. On September 15, 1999 it moved on to National Railway Equipment, becoming NREX 1442 and later WVSR 1442. The gentleman on the front is Bill (Wild Bill) Catledge, a.k.a 'Popeye'. They started calling him Popeye possibly because he was ex-Navy. |