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Viewing Album:  Cotton Belt - EMD Locos (SD45 - SD45T-2)
 
By:Ron Hawkins
Dates:10/31/1972 - 12/31/2013
Album Info:Various St. Louis-Southwestern SD40T-2, SD45, and SD45T-2 locomotives.
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SSW 9291
Title:  SSW 9291
Description:  SSW 9291 was delivered in March 1973.
Photo Date:  2/4/1978  Upload Date: 6/27/2024 9:10:01 AM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9291(SD45T-2)
Views:  64   Comments: 0
SSW 9291 and NW 6115
Title:  SSW 9291 and NW 6115
Description:  SSW 9291 and NW 6115 wait for the Santa Fe crossing to clear as they run light to West Colton yard.
Photo Date:  2/4/1978  Upload Date: 6/27/2024 9:10:32 AM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9291(SD45T-2) NW 6115(SD40-2)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
SSW 8326
Title:  SSW 8326
Description:  In service for only 11 days, SSW 8326 heads west on what may be its first trip to California.
Photo Date:  2/10/1978  Upload Date: 5/7/2024 4:10:28 PM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 8326(SD40T-2)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
SSW 8326
Title:  SSW 8326
Description:  SSW 8326 was delivered at the very end of January 1978.
Photo Date:  2/10/1978  Upload Date: 5/7/2024 4:10:48 PM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 8326(SD40T-2)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
SSW 8372
Title:  SSW 8372
Description:  SSW 8372 was delivered six weeks earlier in January 1978.
Photo Date:  3/10/1978  Upload Date: 5/7/2024 4:11:25 PM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 8372(SD40T-2)
Views:  52   Comments: 0
SSW 8323
Title:  SSW 8323
Description:  Only two months old SSW 8323 has already made its way to Southern California.
Photo Date:  4/4/1978  Upload Date: 5/7/2024 4:09:14 PM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 8323(SD40T-2)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
SSW 9061
Title:  SSW 9061
Description:  SSW 9061, bound for Bakersfield, meets a train bound for West Colton at the top of the Palmdale Cutoff.
Photo Date:  12/29/1978  Upload Date: 5/25/2024 10:04:39 AM
Location:  Hiland, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9061(SD45)
Views:  61   Comments: 0
SSW 9404
Title:  SSW 9404
Description:  A few hundred feet up the hill is Hiland on the SP, but on this day SSW 9404 is at Summit on the Santa Fe and adding its 3,600 horsepower to an eastbound UP train.
Photo Date:  12/29/1978  Upload Date: 7/18/2024 4:23:07 PM
Location:  Summit, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9404(SD45T-2)
Views:  30   Comments: 0
SSW 9399
Title:  SSW 9399
Description:  SSW 9399 was delivered in June 1975.
Photo Date:  3/31/1979  Upload Date: 7/18/2024 4:19:50 PM
Location:  Bealville, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9399(SD45T-2)
Views:  27   Comments: 0
SSW 9060
Title:  SSW 9060
Description:  SSW 9060 is on the point of an eastbound single level COFC train.
Photo Date:  12/27/1979  Upload Date: 5/25/2024 10:03:38 AM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9060(SD45)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
SSW 9262
Title:  SSW 9262
Description:  The wildflowers are out as SSW 9626 rolls down the hill and into Caliente.
Photo Date:  4/12/1980  Upload Date: 5/30/2024 11:23:07 AM
Location:  Caliente, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  47   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:  78   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:  86   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:  107   Comments: 0
SSW 9380
Title:  SSW 9380
Description:  SSW 9380 was delivered in March 1975.
Photo Date:  5/17/1980  Upload Date: 7/15/2024 2:09:19 PM
Location:  El Casco, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9380(SD45T-2)
Views:  40   Comments: 0
SSW 9385
Title:  SSW 9385
Description:  SSW 9385 is part of a helper set going under the signal bridge at El Casco on Beaumont Pass.
Photo Date:  5/17/1980  Upload Date: 7/15/2024 2:12:34 PM
Location:  El Casco, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9385(SD45T-2)
Views:  61   Comments: 0
SSW 9152
Title:  SSW 9152
Description:  SSW 9152 was delivered in January 1970.
Photo Date:  8/16/1980  Upload Date: 5/26/2024 6:55:11 AM
Location:  Klamath Falls, OR
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9152(SD45)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
SSW 9271
Title:  SSW 9271
Description:  SSW 9271 rolls to a stop for a crew change before heading north to Portland.
Photo Date:  8/16/1980  Upload Date: 6/23/2024 12:19:00 PM
Location:  Klamath Falls, OR
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9271(SD45T-2)
Views:  46   Comments: 0
SSW 9271
Title:  SSW 9271
Description:  SSW 9271 was delivered in February 1973.
Photo Date:  8/16/1980  Upload Date: 6/23/2024 12:19:29 PM
Location:  Klamath Falls, OR
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9271(SD45T-2)
Views:  52   Comments: 0
SSW 8373
Title:  SSW 8373
Description:  SSW 8373 heads north out of Klamath Falls bound for Portland.
Photo Date:  8/20/1980  Upload Date: 5/7/2024 4:12:11 PM
Location:  Klamath Falls, OR
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 8373(SD40T-2)
Views:  60   Comments: 0
SSW 9262
Title:  SSW 9262
Description:  Top view of SSW 9262.
Photo Date:  10/18/1980  Upload Date: 5/30/2024 11:23:45 AM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  47   Comments: 0
SSW 9282
Title:  SSW 9282
Description:  SSW 9282 drops down off the Palmdale Cutoff and into West Colton yard.
Photo Date:  10/18/1980  Upload Date: 6/23/2024 2:17:18 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9282(SD45T-2)
Views:  62   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:  49   Comments: 0
SSW 9273
Title:  SSW 9273
Description:  SSW 9273 was delivered in February 1973.
Photo Date:  1/9/1982  Upload Date: 6/23/2024 12:21:19 PM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9273(SD45T-2)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
SSW 9264
Title:  SSW 9264
Description:  SSW 9264 is eastbound having just left West Colton yard and is moments away from crossing the Santa Fe main.
Photo Date:  3/20/1982  Upload Date: 5/30/2024 11:26:25 AM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  36   Comments: 0
SSW 9283
Title:  SSW 9283
Description:  SSW 9283 leads two sets of light helpers returning to the house after a long day helping trains over Beaumont Pass.
Photo Date:  3/20/1982  Upload Date: 6/23/2024 2:18:01 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9283(SD45T-2)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
SSW 9065
Title:  SSW 9065
Description:  Top view of SSW 9065.
Photo Date:  10/30/1982  Upload Date: 5/25/2024 10:06:57 AM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9065(SD45)
Views:  59   Comments: 0
SSW 9275
Title:  SSW 9275
Description:  SSW 9275 is part of a helper set added to the point of this eastbound freight heading for Beaumont Pass.
Photo Date:  12/29/1983  Upload Date: 6/23/2024 12:22:13 PM
Location:  Loma Linda, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9275(SD45T-2)
Views:  69   Comments: 0
SSW 9275
Title:  SSW 9275
Description:  SSW 9275 East rolls through the wide open space of the west end of Beaumont Pass.
Photo Date:  12/29/1983  Upload Date: 6/23/2024 12:22:43 PM
Location:  Loma Linda, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9275(SD45T-2)
Views:  61   Comments: 0
SSW 9275
Title:  SSW 9275
Description:  SSW 9275 is making track speed as it continues east over Beaumont Pass.
Photo Date:  12/29/1983  Upload Date: 6/23/2024 12:23:23 PM
Location:  Ordway, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9275(SD45T-2)
Views:  45   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:  76   Comments: 0
SSW 9376
Title:  SSW 9376
Description:  SSW 9376 East rolls slowly into Loma Linda where a helper set will be added to the rear for the trip over Beaumont Pass. .
Photo Date:  1/12/1985  Upload Date: 7/13/2024 2:48:55 PM
Location:  Loma Linda, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9376(SD45T-2)
Views:  44   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:  54   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:  58   Comments: 0
SSW 9381
Title:  SSW 9381
Description:  SSW 9381 is part of a light helper set working its way down Tehachapi.
Photo Date:  4/13/1985  Upload Date: 7/15/2024 2:10:16 PM
Location:  Cable, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9381(SD45T-2)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
SSW 8374
Title:  SSW 8374
Description:  A very dirty SSW 8373 heads a stack track east through Los Nietos in Southern California.
Photo Date:  2/21/1987  Upload Date: 5/7/2024 4:12:57 PM
Location:  Los Nietos, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 8374(SD40T-2)
Views:  64   Comments: 0
SSW 8325
Title:  SSW 8325
Description:  SSW 8325 is on the point of a four unit power set arriving at Creal to pick up covered hoppers and return them to Mojave.
Photo Date:  11/12/1988  Upload Date: 5/7/2024 4:09:50 PM
Location:  Creal, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 8325(SD40T-2)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
SSW 9404
Title:  SSW 9404
Description:  SSW 9404 is on the point of a northbound TOFC train going past the former Espee depot at Kingsburg.
Photo Date:  2/24/1989  Upload Date: 7/18/2024 4:24:12 PM
Location:  Kingsburg, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9404(SD45T-2)
Views:  19   Comments: 0
SSW 9262
Title:  SSW 9262
Description:  SSW 9262 is at the other end of a light helper set heading down Tehachapi with an unknown SP SD45R on the point.
Photo Date:  8/4/1990  Upload Date: 5/30/2024 11:24:29 AM
Location:  Caliente, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9262(SD45T-2)
Views:  37   Comments: 0
SSW 9262
Title:  SSW 9262
Description:  SSW 9262 is at the other end of a light helper set heading down Tehachapi with an unknown SP SD45R on the point.
Photo Date:  8/4/1990  Upload Date: 5/30/2024 11:24:50 AM
Location:  Caliente, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  85   Comments: 0
SSW 9262
Title:  SSW 9262
Description:  SSW 9262 is at the other end of a light helper set heading down Tehachapi with an unknown SP SD45R on the point.
Photo Date:  8/4/1990  Upload Date: 5/30/2024 11:25:16 AM
Location:  Caliente, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9262(SD45T-2)
Views:  38   Comments: 0
SSW 9262
Title:  SSW 9262
Description:  After shooting this helper set coming out to the sun, a quick 180 degree turn finds a full moon in the sky as SSW 9262 and five other units head downhill to Bakersfield.
Photo Date:  8/4/1990  Upload Date: 5/30/2024 11:25:40 AM
Location:  Caliente, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  45   Comments: 0
SSW 9393
Title:  SSW 9393
Description:  SSW 9393 heads up the loaded southbound loil train making its way over Tehachapi.
Photo Date:  8/4/1990  Upload Date: 7/18/2024 4:11:02 PM
Location:  Bealville, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9393(SD45T-2)
Views:  19   Comments: 0
SSW 9393
Title:  SSW 9393
Description:  SSW 9393 is getting some assitance from a six unit mid-train helper set.
Photo Date:  8/4/1990  Upload Date: 7/18/2024 4:13:06 PM
Location:  Bealville, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9393(SD45T-2)
Views:  18   Comments: 0

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