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SSW 8964
Title:  SSW 8964
Description:  SSW 8964, the first Cotton Belt SD45, was delivered in February 1968.
Photo Date:  9/19/1977  Upload Date: 5/12/2024 9:30:39 PM
Location:  Anaheim, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 8964(SD45)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
SSW 8965
Title:  SSW 8965
Description:  A couple of SD-45's was more than enough power to get trains from Portland to Eugene.
Photo Date:  7/7/1975  Upload Date: 8/14/2012 2:15:07 AM
Location:  Portland, OR
Author:  S.L. Dixon
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SSW 8965(SD45) SP 8866(SD45)
Views:  867   Comments: 0
SSW 8965
Title:  SSW 8965
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 10/13/2017 9:29:12 PM
Location:  Eugene, OR
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 8965(SD45)
Views:  184   Comments: 0
SSW 8965
Title:  SSW 8965
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/12/1988  Upload Date: 9/17/2006 12:57:24 AM
Location:  Richmond, CA
Author:  Philip Richard
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 8965(SD45)
Views:  839   Comments: 1
Cotton Belt Units
Title:  Cotton Belt Units
Description:  This trio of Cotton Belt locomotives was photographed from the westbound SUNSET LIMITED as it passed AVONDALE YARD, at the west end of the Huey P. Long Bridge. These were GP40 7607, which had been built in March 1966; SD45 8966, which had been built in February 1968; and the nose of GP9 3645, which had been built in October 1957 as the 824 and was still in its original paint scheme.
Photo Date:  9/30/1970  Upload Date: 4/30/2021 5:31:35 PM
Location:  Avondale, LA
Author:  JAMES H. SELZER, JR. image
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SSW 7607(GP40) SSW 8966(SD45)
Views:  665   Comments: 0
SSW 8966
Title:  SSW 8966
Description:  In Conrail's Conway engine facility.
Photo Date:  9/11/1980  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 2:06:32 PM
Location:  Conway, PA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 8966(SD45)
Views:  759   Comments: 0
SSW SD45 8967
Title:  SSW SD45 8967
Description:  Taken between March 1970 and April 1971
Photo Date:  1/1/1971  Upload Date: 4/17/2022 10:05:29 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 8967(SD45)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
SSW 8967
Title:  SSW 8967
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1975  Upload Date: 10/13/2017 9:29:35 PM
Location:  Eugene, OR
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 8967(SD45) SP 8821(SD45)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
SSW 8967 (REPOST)
Title:  SSW 8967 (REPOST)
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/15/1980  Upload Date: 2/3/2025 7:13:10 AM
Location:  Canyon, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 8967(SD45)
Views:  11   Comments: 0
SSW 8968
Title:  SSW 8968
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1977  Upload Date: 10/13/2017 9:29:55 PM
Location:  Eugene, OR
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 8968(SD45)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
SSW 8968--SD45
Title:  SSW 8968--SD45
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/1981  Upload Date: 12/26/2010 2:50:35 PM
Location:  Mojave, CA
Author:  DR Hare
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 8968(SD45)
Views:  530   Comments: 0
Passing Through
Title:  Passing Through
Description:  Part of a westbound consist
Photo Date:  6/1/1986  Upload Date: 3/25/2006 3:23:06 AM
Location:  Mojave, CA
Author:  Michael Cassidy
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 8968(SD45)
Views:  497   Comments: 0
SSW SD45 8968
Title:  SSW SD45 8968
Description:  SSW SD45 8968, Bensenville, Illinois, January 20, 1987, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in February 1968 (c/n 33628) on EMD Order 7081, SP Class EF636C-1, and eventually became MPI 9007.
Photo Date:  1/20/1987  Upload Date: 6/8/2009 5:46:11 PM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 8968(SD45)
Views:  576   Comments: 0
SSW 8969 (REPOST)
Title:  SSW 8969 (REPOST)
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/15/1980  Upload Date: 2/3/2025 7:15:22 AM
Location:  Canyon, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 8969(SD45)
Views:  8   Comments: 0
SSW 8969
Title:  SSW 8969
Description:  SSW 8969 was delivered in February 1968.
Photo Date:  4/4/1981  Upload Date: 5/13/2024 6:31:16 AM
Location:  Dike, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 8969(SD45)
Views:  64   Comments: 0
SSW 8969
Title:  SSW 8969
Description:  Cotton Belt SD45 8969
Photo Date:  5/18/1984  Upload Date: 8/27/2023 3:35:29 PM
Location:  San Bernadino, CA
Author:  Brian Ambrose
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 8969(SD45)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
SSW SD45 8973
Title:  SSW SD45 8973
Description:  Taken in the early 1970s.
Photo Date:  1/1/1972  Upload Date: 9/14/2021 3:50:46 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 8973(SD45)
Views:  220   Comments: 0
SSW 8973
Title:  SSW 8973
Description:  The first rays of the days hit the side of SSW 8973 as it rolls west towards the Santa Fe crossing.
Photo Date:  1/21/1976  Upload Date: 5/13/2024 9:12:50 PM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 8973(SD45)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
SSW 8973
Title:  SSW 8973
Description:  SSW 8973 was delivered in May 1968.
Photo Date:  5/17/1980  Upload Date: 5/13/2024 9:13:32 PM
Location:  Dike, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 8973(SD45)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
SSW 8973
Title:  SSW 8973
Description:  Note SSW 8973 no longer has its as delivered L-shape cab window.
Photo Date:  1/21/1984  Upload Date: 5/13/2024 9:14:22 PM
Location:  Hiland, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 8973(SD45)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
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:  874   Comments: 0
SSW 8975
Title:  SSW 8975
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/1/1975  Upload Date: 10/13/2017 9:30:19 PM
Location:  Albany, OR
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 8975(SD45)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
Amtrak Sunset
Title:  Amtrak Sunset
Description:  Cotton Belt SD45 8976 - with UP-style number boards - and Amtrak's TRIPLE NICKEL - SDP40F 555 - were powering train No. 1, the westbound SUNSET, away from Carrollton Junction on the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal WESTERN CONNECTION. The right-of-way in the foreground had been the inbound track for IC, KCS, MP, SP and T&P trains, but this was removed in 1969. U.S. Highway 61 was on the other side of No. 1.
Photo Date:  6/5/1974  Upload Date: 12/18/2017 4:43:29 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  SSW 8976(SD45) AMTK 555(SDP40F)
Views:  794   Comments: 0
SSW F978 as a helper
Title:  SSW F978 as a helper
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/1989  Upload Date: 10/11/2003 8:19:51 PM
Location:  Fall Creek, OR
Author:  Don Ringler, Jr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 8978(SD45)
Views:  1055   Comments: 1
SSW 8980
Title:  SSW 8980
Description:  A very dirty SSW 8980 makes it way through Beaumont.
Photo Date:  12/21/1976  Upload Date: 5/18/2024 11:58:36 AM
Location:  Beaumont, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 8980(SD45)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
SSW 8980
Title:  SSW 8980
Description:  With a friendly wave, SSW 8980 passes under the signals at Hinda.
Photo Date:  12/21/1976  Upload Date: 5/18/2024 11:59:10 AM
Location:  Hinda, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 8980(SD45)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
SSW 8980
Title:  SSW 8980
Description:  SSW 8980 works through the wide open spaces at El Casco.
Photo Date:  12/21/1976  Upload Date: 5/18/2024 11:59:54 AM
Location:  El Casco, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 8980(SD45)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
Colton Yard - 1979
Title:  Colton Yard - 1979
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Colton Yard.
Photo Date:  3/17/1979  Upload Date: 3/4/2007 2:57:23 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3119(C628) SSW 8981(SD45) SP 9228(SD45T-2)
Views:  1177   Comments: 0
Colton Yard - 1979
Title:  Colton Yard - 1979
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Colton Yard.
Photo Date:  3/17/1979  Upload Date: 3/4/2007 2:57:24 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 8981(SD45) SP 9228(SD45T-2)
Views:  600   Comments: 0
SSW 8981
Title:  SSW 8981
Description:  Looking up at SSW 8981.
Photo Date:  4/13/1985  Upload Date: 5/18/2024 12:01:00 PM
Location:  Lang, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 8981(SD45)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
SSW 8981
Title:  SSW 8981
Description:  SSW 8981 was delivered in June 1968.
Photo Date:  4/13/1985  Upload Date: 5/18/2024 12:03:02 PM
Location:  Tehachapi, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 8981(SD45)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
SSW 9052 (REPOST)
Title:  SSW 9052 (REPOST)
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/1977  Upload Date: 2/3/2025 7:16:41 AM
Location:  Klamath Falls, OR
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9052(SD45)
Views:  4   Comments: 0
SSW 9052 (REPOST)
Title:  SSW 9052 (REPOST)
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/12/1980  Upload Date: 2/3/2025 7:17:34 AM
Location:  Tehachapi, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9052(SD45)
Views:  7   Comments: 0
SSW 9053 (REPOST)
Title:  SSW 9053 (REPOST)
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/9/1982  Upload Date: 2/3/2025 7:18:24 AM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9053(SD45)
Views:  4   Comments: 0
Cotton Belt SD45 and SP SD45T-2
Title:  Cotton Belt SD45 and SP SD45T-2
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/7/1989  Upload Date: 10/11/2003 8:58:09 PM
Location:  Eugene, OR
Author:  Don Ricgler, Jr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 9303(SD45T-2) SSW 9055(SD45)
Views:  1868   Comments: 0
SSW 9057
Title:  SSW 9057
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1974  Upload Date: 5/7/2018 5:30:04 PM
Location:  Salt Lake City, UT
Author:  Kenneth M Ardinger
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 9057(SD45)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
SSW 9057
Title:  SSW 9057
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/15/1978  Upload Date: 11/3/2018 6:51:16 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Russell Eslick
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 9057(SD45)
Views:  298   Comments: 1
SSW 9295 (SD45T-2) along with SSW (SD45) 9057 and two other SSW units at Walong. 9/16/1979
Title:  SSW 9295 (SD45T-2) along with SSW (SD45) 9057 and two other SSW units at Walong. 9/16/1979
Description:  A four unit set of light helpers returns to Bakersfield CA after helping a long SP manifest freight to the Tehachapi summit.
Photo Date:  9/16/1979  Upload Date: 11/25/2017 2:01:20 AM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  John R. Schmeling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 9295(SD45T-2) SSW 9057(SD45)
Views:  544   Comments: 0
SSW 9057 (REPOST)
Title:  SSW 9057 (REPOST)
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/7/1983  Upload Date: 2/3/2025 7:19:15 AM
Location:  Stockton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9057(SD45)
Views:  7   Comments: 0
SSW 9058
Title:  SSW 9058
Description:  Top view of SSW 9058.
Photo Date:  4/9/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2024 12:53:40 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9058(SD45)
Views:  127   Comments: 0
SSW 9058
Title:  SSW 9058
Description:  SSW 9058 was delivered in March 1969.
Photo Date:  11/5/1977  Upload Date: 5/20/2024 12:54:28 PM
Location:  El Casco, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9058(SD45)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
SSW 9058
Title:  SSW 9058
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 3/24/2012 9:45:46 PM
Location:  Cajon, CA
Author:  Daniel Finger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9058(SD45) SP 8340(SD40T-2)
Views:  1007   Comments: 0
SSW 9058
Title:  SSW 9058
Description:  SSW 9058 passes the "station" at Dike on its way up Cajon Pass.
Photo Date:  5/17/1980  Upload Date: 5/20/2024 12:55:29 PM
Location:  Dike, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9058(SD45)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
SSW 9058 and SP 8906
Title:  SSW 9058 and SP 8906
Description:  Assisting SSW 9058 on its trip up Cajon Pass is a manned three unit SD45 helper set with SP 8906 in the lead.
Photo Date:  5/17/1980  Upload Date: 5/20/2024 12:56:11 PM
Location:  Dike, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9058(SD45) SP 8906(SD45)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
SD 45 9058
Title:  SD 45 9058
Description:  SD 45 9058 March 1983
Photo Date:  3/1/1983  Upload Date: 11/4/2004 8:47:05 PM
Location:  Mojave, CA
Author:  Keith Belk
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 9058(SD45)
Views:  940   Comments: 0
SSW 9068 at MK
Title:  SSW 9068 at MK
Description:  SSW 9068 redy to be rebuilt by MK in to SD40M-2 SP 8605 in March 1994
Photo Date:  3/1/1994  Upload Date: 6/3/2018 4:59:45 PM
Location:  Hornell, NY
Author:  Martin Goller
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 9058(SD45)
Views:  478   Comments: 1
CNW 967 in line with other SD45s at MK
Title:  CNW 967 in line with other SD45s at MK
Description:  CNW 967 is lined up with two more CNW units (907, 959), SSW 9058, and another SD45 on the storage track at Morrison Knudsen in Hornell, NY. They will be rebuilt for SP as SD40M-2s. Apologies for the soft pictures, these are scans from prints.
Photo Date:  3/1/1994  Upload Date: 6/3/2018 5:21:57 PM
Location:  Hornell, NY
Author:  Martin Goller
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 967(SD45) CNW 959(SD45) SSW 9058(SD45)
Views:  588   Comments: 1
Snow is no object
Title:  Snow is no object
Description:  BUOI rolls east past CP CAM as the snow falls. We didnt let weather stop us as a rule, and I chased many days where I used several gallons of windshield wash to combat the salt. Today wasnt too bad, only about 4" snow.
Photo Date:  3/7/1994  Upload Date: 9/22/2014 3:18:20 AM
Location:  West Cameron, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6577(C30-7A) CR 5002(B36-7) SSW 9058(SD45)
Views:  735   Comments: 0
Surprise unit
Title:  Surprise unit
Description:  OIBU rolls east with a surprise-a Cotton Belt SD45. The unit was actially dead in tow-note the air filter behind the cab is missing-but was still something out of the ordinary.
Photo Date:  3/7/1994  Upload Date: 9/22/2014 3:24:33 AM
Location:  West Cameron, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6577(C30-7A) CR 5002(B36-7) SSW 9058(SD45)
Views:  707   Comments: 0
VMV 8900
Title:  VMV 8900
Description:  Hornell shops were rebuilding a lot of SD45s
Photo Date:  6/4/1994  Upload Date: 8/16/2019 9:04:43 AM
Location:  Hornell, NY
Author:  Bob Zimmermann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VMV 8900(SD45) SSW 9058(SD45)
Views:  506   Comments: 0


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