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10/01/2021 4:13 pm
Steam was still in service in the early Fifties, but most of the work was done already by first generation diesel.
The famous S-series had their last years on duty.
S-12 0-6-0 Switcher #1242 shoves a PFE-reefer
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10/01/2021 4:19 pm
SP's "Tiger stripe" switcher (1)
EMD SW-1 #1014 moves a flat car.
SW-1 was the first EMD standard-switcher series that SP bought from 1939.
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10/01/2021 4:27 pm
SP "tiger stripe" switcher (2)
EMD produced in the perwar-period the more powerful NW-2
NW-2 #1405 on the road
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10/01/2021 4:34 pm
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10/01/2021 4:44 pm
SP "tiger stripe" switcher (4)
GE built the light weight 44-ton switcher.
It was the optimal power for light industrial lines.
It was also an option for the SP to save costs - due to the low weight it was possible to operate this locomotive with the engineer only.
SP #1900 is serviced in the terminal.
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10/01/2021 4:54 pm
SP "tiger stripe" switcher (5)
The GE 70-ton switcher was used for light freight service on secondary lines
SP #5102 sits on the garden tracks of the terminal
As a variation of the "tiger stripe sceme" the locomotive's ends were painted plain silver.
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16/01/2021 8:00 pm
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17/01/2021 5:30 pm
SP "tiger stripe" switcher (7)
SP operated also Fairbanks-Morse switcher of the H12-44 series.
This diesel locomotive had a special motor design: opposed-pistons - in each cylinder worked two pistons
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17/01/2021 5:32 pm
SP "tiger stripe" switcher (8)
H12-44 SP #1534 switches the "Lark"-observation car
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17/01/2021 5:38 pm
SP "tiger stripe" switcher (9)
Southern Pacific had a very special specification for the headlights of diesel locomotives.
This switcher H12-44 is equipped for operation on the line as train - they had number boards and the headlights to show signals of the rule book.
I added all those brass parts to the raw model before painting and lettering.
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