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SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific H-12-44 #1487 sits parked at Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/26/2013 3:25:01 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  370   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific H-12-44 #1487 helps with switching duties in Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/26/2013 3:30:05 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  529   Comments: 0
SP 3194 and SP 1487
Title:  SP 3194 and SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific GP9 #3194 and H-12-44 #1487 switch at Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/26/2013 3:45:46 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 3194(GP9R) SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  614   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific H-12-44 #1487 helps with switching duties in Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/29/2013 3:27:30 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  352   Comments: 1
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific H-12-44 #1487 helps with switching duties in Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/29/2013 3:29:51 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  344   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific H-12-44 #1487 helps with switching duties in Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/29/2013 3:31:08 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  370   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific H-12-44 #1487 helps with switching duties in Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/29/2013 3:43:52 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific H-12-44 #1487 helps with switching duties in Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/29/2013 3:44:40 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  427   Comments: 0
Brightside Yard
Title:  Brightside Yard
Description:  Several vintage locomotives rest in Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway. The locomotives are Southern Pacific 1423 (EMD NW2), Western Pacific 713 (EMD GP7), Southern Pacific 3194 (EMD GP9), and Southern Pacific 1487 (Fairbanks-Morse H-12-44).
Photo Date:  5/10/2014  Upload Date: 11/21/2014 8:25:38 PM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  WP 713(GP7) SP 3194(GP9R) SP 1487(H-12-44) SP 1423(NW2)
Views:  820   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2014  Upload Date: 9/3/2014 6:51:59 PM
Location:  Sunol, CA
Author:  Ben Margherone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  315   Comments: 0
SP 2472
Title:  SP 2472
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2014  Upload Date: 9/3/2014 7:07:06 PM
Location:  Sunol, CA
Author:  Ben Margherone
Categories:  Night,Station,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 2472(4-6-2) SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  336   Comments: 0
Southern Pacific 1487 and Southern Pacific 2472 Night Time Photography Session
Title:  Southern Pacific 1487 and Southern Pacific 2472 Night Time Photography Session
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2014  Upload Date: 7/18/2015 9:37:16 PM
Location:  Sunol, CA
Author:  Joseph C.
Categories:  Night,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44) SP 2472(4-6-2)
Views:  671   Comments: 0
Southern Pacific 1487 and Southern Pacific 2472 Night Time Photography Session
Title:  Southern Pacific 1487 and Southern Pacific 2472 Night Time Photography Session
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2014  Upload Date: 7/18/2015 9:40:13 PM
Location:  Sunol, CA
Author:  Joseph C.
Categories:  Night,Station,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44) SP 2472(4-6-2)
Views:  1244   Comments: 0
Southern Pacific 1487 and Southern Pacific 2472 Night Time Photography Session
Title:  Southern Pacific 1487 and Southern Pacific 2472 Night Time Photography Session
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2014  Upload Date: 7/18/2015 9:43:58 PM
Location:  Sunol, CA
Author:  Joseph C.
Categories:  Night,Station,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 2472(4-6-2) SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  753   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific 1487, a recently restored Fairbank-Morse H-12-44, helps assemble the consist for the Niles Canyon Railway 2014 Labor Day Special at Brightside Yard. Though she was operational before this run, the 1487 was kept from revenue service due to engine malfunctions duriing acceleration. Interesting fact...SP 1487 is not a true SP unit. The 1487 is ex-US Army #1857 like her sister, No. 1856, which also resides at the Niles Canyon Railway, but is still painted in US Army colors.
Photo Date:  9/1/2014  Upload Date: 1/16/2015 4:15:40 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  438   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific 1487, a recently restored Fairbank-Morse H-12-44, helps assemble the consist for the Niles Canyon Railway 2014 Labor Day Special at Brightside Yard. Though she was operational before this run, the 1487 was kept from revenue service due to engine malfunctions duriing acceleration. Interesting fact...SP 1487 is not a true SP unit. The 1487 is ex-US Army #1857 like her sister, No. 1856, which also resides at the Niles Canyon Railway, but is still painted in US Army colors.
Photo Date:  9/1/2014  Upload Date: 1/16/2015 4:42:15 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific 1487, a recently restored Fairbank-Morse H-12-44, helps assemble the consist for the Niles Canyon Railway 2014 Labor Day Special at Brightside Yard. Though she was operational before this run, the 1487 was kept from revenue service due to engine malfunctions duriing acceleration. Interesting fact...SP 1487 is not a true SP unit. The 1487 is ex-US Army #1857 like her sister, No. 1856, which also resides at the Niles Canyon Railway, but is still painted in US Army colors.
Photo Date:  9/1/2014  Upload Date: 1/16/2015 4:43:17 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  286   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific 1487, a recently restored Fairbank-Morse H-12-44, helps assemble the consist for the Niles Canyon Railway 2014 Labor Day Special at Brightside Yard. Though she was operational before this run, the 1487 was kept from revenue service due to engine malfunctions duriing acceleration. Interesting fact...SP 1487 is not a true SP unit. The 1487 is ex-US Army #1857 like her sister, No. 1856, which also resides at the Niles Canyon Railway, but is still painted in US Army colors.
Photo Date:  9/1/2014  Upload Date: 1/16/2015 10:48:18 PM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific 1487, a recently restored Fairbank-Morse H-12-44, leads the Niles Canyon Railway Labor Day Special through toward the bridge at Farwell. Though she was operational before this run, the 1487 was kept from revenue service due to engine malfunctions duriing acceleration. Interesting fact...SP 1487 is not a true SP unit. The 1487 is ex-US Army #1857 like her sister, No. 1856, which also resides at the Niles Canyon Railway, but is still painted in US Army colors.
Photo Date:  9/1/2014  Upload Date: 1/16/2015 11:08:11 PM
Location:  Farwell, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  286   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific 1487, a recently restored Fairbank-Morse H-12-44, leads the Niles Canyon Railway Labor Day Special toward the bridge at Farwell. Though she was operational before this run, the 1487 was kept from revenue service due to engine malfunctions duriing acceleration. Interesting fact...SP 1487 is not a true SP unit. The 1487 is ex-US Army #1857 like her sister, No. 1856, which also resides at the Niles Canyon Railway, but is still painted in US Army colors.
Photo Date:  9/1/2014  Upload Date: 1/16/2015 11:10:28 PM
Location:  Farwell, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific 1487, a recently restored Fairbank-Morse H-12-44, chugs along the Niles Canyon Railway near Brightside Yard chasing SP 2472 and the Labor Day Special towards Sunol. Though she was operational before this run, the 1487 was kept from revenue service due to engine malfunctions duriing acceleration. Interesting fact...SP 1487 is not a true SP unit. The 1487 is ex-US Army #1857 like her sister, No. 1856, which also resides at the Niles Canyon Railway, but is still painted in US Army colors.
Photo Date:  9/1/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2015 2:10:36 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific 1487, a recently restored Fairbank-Morse H-12-44, leads the Niles Canyon Railway Labor Day Special through Sunol. Though she was operational before this run, the 1487 was kept from revenue service due to engine malfunctions duriing acceleration. Interesting fact...SP 1487 is not a true SP unit. The 1487 is ex-US Army #1857 like her sister, No. 1856, which also resides at the Niles Canyon Railway, but is still painted in US Army colors.
Photo Date:  9/1/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2015 2:12:09 AM
Location:  Sunol, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 3:17:31 PM
Location:  Farwell, CA
Author:  Ben Margherone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 3:17:46 PM
Location:  Sunol, CA
Author:  Ben Margherone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 3:17:45 PM
Location:  Farwell, CA
Author:  Ben Margherone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 3:17:50 PM
Location:  Sunol, CA
Author:  Ben Margherone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  343   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2017  Upload Date: 6/29/2017 2:51:18 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Ashley Rodriguez
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  516   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2019  Upload Date: 11/9/2023 7:16:56 PM
Location:  Sonoma, CA
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  228   Comments: 0
GGRM Move Through Sacramento
Title:  GGRM Move Through Sacramento
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/2020  Upload Date: 3/2/2020 10:01:46 PM
Location:  Sacramento, CA
Author:  Roseville Sacramento Railfan
Categories:  Roster,Night,Steam,Transit,Track,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  389   Comments: 0
Fairbanks Morse SP 1488
Title:  Fairbanks Morse SP 1488
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/24/1962  Upload Date: 11/20/2009 7:40:29 PM
Location:  Phoenix, AZ
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1488(H-12-44)
Views:  1664   Comments: 0
SP 2379
Title:  SP 2379
Description:  Blt in 1956, retired in 1993, serviceable to this day.
Photo Date:  12/27/1998  Upload Date: 5/22/2015 7:36:01 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2379(H-12-44) SP 1581(H-12-44)
Views:  718   Comments: 0
Age of Steam Museum
Title:  Age of Steam Museum
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 8:08:23 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  J d
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 97(FP45) SLSF 1625(2-10-0) SP 1581(H-12-44)
Views:  1550   Comments: 0
UP 6913
Title:  UP 6913
Description:  The largest diesel locomotive ever built! Four axles on each end. This engine is more like two diesels merged together. Engineers say they were fun to operate!
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 3:02:26 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 6913(DDA40X) SWPX 115(H-12-44) SP 1581(H-12-44) SP 2379(H-12-44) PRR 4903(GG1)
Views:  1002   Comments: 0
Southwestern Portland Cement Co., Fairbanks Morse switcher H-12-44 #115
Title:  Southwestern Portland Cement Co., Fairbanks Morse switcher H-12-44 #115
Description:  Built in 1956, originally served on the Southern Pacific as # 1581, later #2379
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 4:02:43 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SWPX 115(H-12-44) SP 1581(H-12-44) SP 2379(H-12-44)
Views:  741   Comments: 0
UP 6913
Title:  UP 6913
Description:  Known as a "Centennial" model because these were first built in 1969, the 100th anniversary of completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 3:12:44 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 6913(DDA40X) SWPX 115(H-12-44) SP 1581(H-12-44) SP 2379(H-12-44)
Views:  861   Comments: 0
Several Engines
Title:  Several Engines
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 3:53:35 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6913(DDA40X) SWPX 115(H-12-44) SP 1581(H-12-44) SP 2379(H-12-44) PRR 4903(GG1) ATSF 49(F7A) CN 9167(F7A)
Views:  1335   Comments: 0
SP 1588
Title:  SP 1588
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/25/1962  Upload Date: 10/20/2011 2:44:28 PM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1588(H-12-44)
Views:  2165   Comments: 1
Fairbanks Morse SP 1589
Title:  Fairbanks Morse SP 1589
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/24/1962  Upload Date: 11/20/2009 7:40:31 PM
Location:  Phoenix, AZ
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1589(H-12-44)
Views:  2349   Comments: 0
SP 2350
Title:  SP 2350
Description:  Idling in yard.
Photo Date:  8/10/1970  Upload Date: 12/7/2011 4:52:57 PM
Location:  So. San Francisco, CA
Author:  Steve Robinson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 2350(H-12-44)
Views:  1688   Comments: 1
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:  700   Comments: 0
SP 2355 switches bi-level coaches at the 3rd and Townsend Street Yard
Title:  SP 2355 switches bi-level coaches at the 3rd and Townsend Street Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/14/1974  Upload Date: 6/17/2006 9:27:15 PM
Location:  San Francisco, CA
Author:  Steve Schmollinger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 2355(H-12-44)
Views:  2953   Comments: 0
FM switchers work SPs 3rd & Townsend Street Yard
Title:  FM switchers work SPs 3rd & Townsend Street Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/27/1974  Upload Date: 6/17/2006 9:32:35 PM
Location:  San Francisco, CA
Author:  Steve Schmollinger
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 2372(H-12-44) SP 2355(H-12-44)
Views:  1328   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: 
Locomotives:  SP 2356(H-12-44)
Views:  1497   Comments: 0
SP 2358 and 2357 seen at Industry Yard in So Cal.
Title:  SP 2358 and 2357 seen at Industry Yard in So Cal.
Description:  FMs visit the LA area.
Photo Date:  4/2/1975  Upload Date: 11/7/2016 3:57:18 PM
Location:  Industry, CA
Author:  Richard Curts - LA 13½
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SP 2358(H-12-44) SP 2357(H-12-44) SP 9039(SD45)
Views:  733   Comments: 0
SP 2358, at Industry Yard; the date on image is April 1975.
Title:  SP 2358, at Industry Yard; the date on image is April 1975.
Description:  FM's were pretty rare this far south.
Photo Date:  4/1/1975  Upload Date: 8/9/2015 12:36:18 PM
Location:  Industry, CA
Author:  Richard Curts - L.A. 13½
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SP 2358(H-12-44)
Views:  557   Comments: 0
SP H-12-44 2360
Title:  SP H-12-44 2360
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/1966  Upload Date: 4/20/2025 8:01:47 PM
Location:  San Francisco, CA
Author:  Douglas Wornom
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2360(H-12-44)
Views:  17   Comments: 0
SP 2360 at SF
Title:  SP 2360 at SF
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  8/6/1972  Upload Date: 3/13/2025 1:36:15 PM
Location:  San Francisco, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2360(H-12-44)
Views:  133   Comments: 1
SP 2360 at South San Francisco
Title:  SP 2360 at South San Francisco
Description:  Gary Vielbaum photo
Photo Date:  6/21/1974  Upload Date: 10/8/2020 2:30:38 PM
Location:  South San Francisco, CA
Author:  Gary Vielbaum
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2360(H-12-44)
Views:  370   Comments: 2
Southern Pacific FM H-12-44 #2360
Title:  Southern Pacific FM H-12-44 #2360
Description:  SP 2360. Photo date approximate. Sold to Purdy Metals and scrapped Long Beach.
Photo Date:  4/29/1975  Upload Date: 2/8/2017 9:43:51 AM
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Steven Vincent
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2360(H-12-44)
Views:  1221   Comments: 3
SP 2361
Title:  SP 2361
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/1974  Upload Date: 5/11/2018 8:08:26 PM
Location:  Benecia, CA
Author:  W L Hammond
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2361(H-12-44)
Views:  252   Comments: 0


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