1972

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Unknown Date in 1972, by location

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Photos taken, or thought to be taken, in 1972. Specific Date Unknown.

 

California

Martinez, CA

SP Main Line

Ozol

SP 2632 EMD SW1500

SP 2632 at night
Southern Pacific SW1500 2632 sits in the dark at Ozol Yard in Martinez, California as a freight passes behind on an unknown date in November 1972.
  • Photo of SP 2632
    Analog Image, Ektachrome Slide 5.501, Scan 2010101501.36

Port Chicago, CA

SP Mococo Line

SP Depot

SP 1206 Alco S6

1206 in Port Chicago with my dad
My dad, Southern Pacific Western Division Engineer Lloyd D. Sloan, poses at the throttle of SP Alco S6 1206 at Port Chicago, CA in August, 1972. I was 16 when I took this photo on Wards Film. It had color shifted terribly and I thought the image was lost. Thank You Photoshop!
  • Photo of 1206
    Analog Image, Ward's Film Slide 5.125, Scan 2010092601.1

Oakland, CA

West Oakland

Likely West Oakland Yard

SP 1841 Alco S4

SP 1841
Southern Pacific 1955 built Alco S4 1841 in 1972, location not recorded, likely Oakland, CA.
  • Photo of SP 1841
    Analog Image, Kodachrome Slide 5.309, Scan 2010101101.3
Glasshouse Yard

SP 1775 Alco S2

1775 in West Oakland
Southern Pacific Alco S2 1775 in 1972 in West Oakland, CA. Taken in the Glasshouse Yard and near the mail dock in the coach yard.
  • Photo of SP 1775
    Analog Images, Kodachrome Slide 5.253, Scan 2010100901.1
  • Photo of front angle
    Kodachrome Slide 5.252, Scan 2010100901.2
Homestead Yard

SP 1780 Alco S2

1780 in Homestead Yard
Southern Pacific Alco S2 1780 at the Homestead Yard, West Oakland, CA date not recorded, may be 1972 or 1973.
  • Photo of 1780
    Analog Image, Ektachrome Professional E3 (120) 5.254, Scan 2010100101.2

SP 3740 EMD GP9R, SP Class EF418-7

SP 3740 in Oakland
Freshly rebuilt Southern Pacific GP9R 3740 leads the 3741 at the West Oakland Homestead Yard in late October 1972.
Desert Yard

SP 1842 Alco S4

1842 in the Desert Yard
On a warm day in Oakland's Desert Yard on an unknown date in 1972, a switchman spreads his arms in a big easy sign as Southern Pacific Alco S4 1842 shoves on a cut of cars.
  • Photo of SP 1842
    Analog Image, Kodachrome Slide 5.285, Scan 2010100101.1

San Jose, CA

SP Line

College Park

SP 2352 FM H-12-44, SP Class FS412-1

SP 2352 in San Jose
Southern Pacific FM H-12-44 2352 is at San Jose, CA going past College Park in the summer of 1972.
  • Photo of SP 2352
    Analog Image, Kodachrome Slide 5.392, Scan 2010101501.12

SP 2353 FM H-12-44, SP Class FS412-1

SP 2353 in College Park
Southern Pacific FM H-12-44 2353 is shown passing College Park in the summer of 1972. 2350-55, built in 1952 feature the Loewy flowing lines along the walkways but not the roof overhang that none of SP's FMs apparently had.
  • Photo of SP 2353
    Analog Image, Kodachrome Slide 5.394, Scan 2010101501.13

SP 2358 FM H-12-44, SP Class FS412-2

SP 2358 at College Park
On an unknown date in the summer of 1972 Southern Pacific's 1953 built FM H-12-44 2358 is switching a long cut of cars at College Park, San Jose, CA.
  • Photo of SP 2358 with cut of cars
    Analog Image, Kodachrome Slide 5.407, Scan 2010101501.15
  • Photo of 2358 closer
    Analog Image, Kodachrome Slide 5.406, Scan 2010101501.16
  • Photo of 2358 cropped
    Analog Image, Kodachrome Slide 5.406, Scan 2010101501.16

SP 2365 FM H-12-44, SP Class FS412-2

SP 2365 at College Park
Southern Pacific FM switcher 2365 is at College Park, San Jose, CA on an unknown date in the summer of 1972.
  • Photo of SP 2365
    Analog Image, Kodachrome Slide 5.417, Scan 2010101501.24

SP 3002 EMD GP9, SP Class EP418-2

SP 3002 at College Park
Southern Pacific Passenger GP9 3002 shows off its long hood wings at College Park on an unknown date in the summer of 1972.
  • Photo of SP 3002
    Analog Image, Kodachrome Slide 5.596, Scan 2010110101.12
San Jose Roundhouse

SP 2355 FM H-12-44, SP Class FS412-1

SP 2355 in San Jose
Southern Pacific H-12-44 2355 at the San Jose Roundhouse in the summer of 1972.
  • Photo of SP 2355
    Analog Image, Kodachrome Slide 5.399, Scan 2010101501.14

SP 2372 FM H-12-44, , SP Class FS412-3

SP 2372 in San Jose
Southern Pacific FM H-12-44 2372 shows off a more modern light package at Lenzen Ave. in the summer of 1972.
  • Photo of SP 2372
    Analog Image, Kodachrome Slide 5.423, Scan 2010101501.25

SP 3003 EMD GP9, SP Class EP418-2

SP 3003 in San Jose
On an unknown date in September 1972 Southern Pacific train 118 powered by commute GP9 3003 races past a group of trainmasters that are waiting out the weekend in San Jose, CA.

SP 3009 EMD GP9, SP Class EP418-4

SP 3009 in San Jose
Southern Pacific Passenger GP9 3009 is at San Jose, CA near the turntable on an unknown date in the summer of 1972.
  • Photo of SP 3009
    Analog Image, Kodachrome Slide 5.612, Scan 2010111001.14
  • Photo of SP 3009, tight crop
    Analog Image, Kodachrome Slide 5.612, Scan 2010111001.14

Tracy, CA

SP Yard

Engine Terminal

SP 3711 EMD GP9, SP Class EF418-9

SP 3711 in Tracy
SP GP9’s 3711, 3658 and an SD45T-2 sit near the engine house in Tracy, CA on an unknown date in October 1972.
  • Photo of SP 3711 in Tracy
    Analog Photo Kodachrome Slide 5.1052, Scan 2014052501ph.2

Oregon

Eugene, OR

SP Line

Turntable

SP 1865 Baldwin DS-4-4-1000/6, Class BS410-4

1865 in Eugene
Southern Pacific Baldwin DS-4-4-1000/6 1865 is sitting on the whisker's at Eugene, Oregon on an unknown day in the summer of 1972.
  • Photo of SP 1865
    Analog Image, Kodachrome Slide 5.320, Scan 2010101101.1

SP 2128 Baldwin S12, SP Class BS412-3

Two views of SP 2128 in Eugene
Southern Pacific 2128 in Eugene, Oregon on an unknown date in the summer of 1972. The Baldwin apparently brushed pretty close to something judging by the cab damage.

Too crop or not to crop, that is the question. I am making these decisions on the photos I am scanning all the time. When I first took the photos I often shot further back. I only had a "normal" lens. Later, I thought of these photos as being flawed, as being too far away. Now, the loose cropping has provided something I had not thought of as being important then. That is, context.

Looking back on these photos I see them now as environmental portraits. The great photographer Brian Baer used to call environmental portraits of people, "mug shots with a wide angle lens." That's what these are, only with locomotives. They show the locomotive in it's world. They are kind of like static action shots.

Southern Pacific 2128 in Eugene, Oregon in the summer of 1972. The Baldwin isn't the only thing historical in this photo. All the roadnames on the boxcars shown here are gone too.
  • Photo of SP 2128
    Analog Image, Kodachrome Slide 5.341, Scan 2010101201.4
  • Cropped photo of SP 2128
    Analog Image, Kodachrome Slide 5.341, Scan 2010101201.4

SP 2134 Baldwin S12, SP Class BS412-3

SP 2134 in Eugene
Southern Pacific Baldwin S12 2134 at the west (south) end of the yard in Eugene on an unknown date in the summer of 1972.
  • Photo of SP 2134
    Analog Image, Kodachrome Slide 5.346, Scan 2010101201.5

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