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Viewing Album:  Cotton Belt - EMD Locos (SD40T-2 to SD45T-2)
 
By:Ron Hawkins
Dates:10/30/1972 - 12/31/2013
Album Info:Various St. Louis Southwestern SD40T-2, SD45, SD45T-2, and SD45T-2R locomotives.
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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:  41   Comments: 0
SSW 9160
Title:  SSW 9160
Description:  Top view of SSW 9160.
Photo Date:  4/3/1976  Upload Date: 5/26/2024 9:53:45 AM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9160(SD45T-2)
Views:  11   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:  24   Comments: 0
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:  21   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:  16   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:  15   Comments: 0
SSW 9154
Title:  SSW 9154
Description:  SSW 9154 is sandwiched between a pair of U33Cs as it heads west at first light.
Photo Date:  2/6/1977  Upload Date: 5/26/2024 6:54:23 AM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9154(SD45)
Views:  9   Comments: 0
SSW 9059
Title:  SSW 9059
Description:  Top view of SSW 9059.
Photo Date:  2/27/1977  Upload Date: 5/21/2024 9:33:55 AM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9059(SD45)
Views:  19   Comments: 0
SSW 9159
Title:  SSW 9159
Description:  Four of a kind...well kinda. Four EMD SD's from four different roads with SSW 9159 on the point wait just east of West Colton yard for the mainline to clear. Behind SSW 9159 is a Conrail SD45, a Southern SD40-2, and a SP SD45.
Photo Date:  4/7/1977  Upload Date: 5/26/2024 9:52:50 AM
Location:  Fontana, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9159(SD45T-2)
Views:  12   Comments: 0
SSW 9159
Title:  SSW 9159
Description:  SSW 9159 was delivered in July 1972.
Photo Date:  4/7/1977  Upload Date: 5/26/2024 9:53:14 AM
Location:  Fontana, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9159(SD45T-2)
Views:  14   Comments: 0
SSW 9068
Title:  SSW 9068
Description:  Top view of SSW 9068.
Photo Date:  7/23/1977  Upload Date: 5/26/2024 6:53:43 AM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9068(SD45)
Views:  12   Comments: 0
SSW 9052
Title:  SSW 9052
Description:  SSW 9052 is heading south out of Klamath Falls passing one of the few remaining wig-wags to be found in 1977.
Photo Date:  7/30/1977  Upload Date: 5/19/2024 2:16:30 PM
Location:  Klamath Falls, OR
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9052(SD45)
Views:  22   Comments: 0
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:  27   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:  11   Comments: 0
SSW 9065
Title:  SSW 9065
Description:  SSW 9065 is in helper duty and will soon be added to the point of an eastbound empty ore train.
Photo Date:  1/21/1978  Upload Date: 5/25/2024 10:05:30 AM
Location:  Loma Linda, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9065(SD45)
Views:  26   Comments: 0
SSW 9065
Title:  SSW 9065
Description:  The helpers are up front today as SSW 9065 leads an empty Kaiser ore train pass MP 550.
Photo Date:  1/21/1978  Upload Date: 5/25/2024 10:05:57 AM
Location:  Ordway, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9065(SD45)
Views:  26   Comments: 0
SSW 9065
Title:  SSW 9065
Description:  SSW 9065 powers this empty Kaiser ore train east as caboose SP 4326 brings up the rear.
Photo Date:  1/21/1978  Upload Date: 5/25/2024 10:06:21 AM
Location:  Ordway, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9065(SD45)
Views:  24   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:  34   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:  40   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:  12   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:  35   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:  19   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:  17   Comments: 0
SSW 9052
Title:  SSW 9052
Description:  SSW 9056 was delivered in January 1969.
Photo Date:  4/12/1980  Upload Date: 5/19/2024 2:18:48 PM
Location:  Tehachapi, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9052(SD45)
Views:  17   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:  32   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:  18   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:  18   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:  13   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:  14   Comments: 0
SSW 8967
Title:  SSW 8967
Description:  SSW 8967 is the last unt of a freight working up Cajon Pass on the Palmdale Cutoff.
Photo Date:  11/15/1980  Upload Date: 5/12/2024 9:31:16 PM
Location:  Canyon, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 8967(SD45)
Views:  16   Comments: 0
SSW 8969
Title:  SSW 8969
Description:  Rear view of SSW 8969.
Photo Date:  11/15/1980  Upload Date: 5/12/2024 9:32:53 PM
Location:  Canyon, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 8969(SD45)
Views:  14   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:  16   Comments: 0
SSW 9053
Title:  SSW 9053
Description:  SSW 9053 was delivered in January 1969.
Photo Date:  1/9/1982  Upload Date: 5/19/2024 2:20:21 PM
Location:  City of Industry, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9053(SD45)
Views:  21   Comments: 0
SSW 9059
Title:  SSW 9059
Description:  SSW 9059 is in charge of a southbound lumber train headed for Southern California.
Photo Date:  9/5/1982  Upload Date: 5/21/2024 9:34:49 AM
Location:  Sims, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9059(SD45)
Views:  14   Comments: 0
SSW 9059
Title:  SSW 9059
Description:  The lone fisherman in red is unaware of the out of place New Hope and Ivyland boxcar mixed into this southbound Espee lumber train behind SSW 9059.
Photo Date:  9/5/1982  Upload Date: 5/21/2024 9:35:16 AM
Location:  Sims, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9059(SD45)
Views:  14   Comments: 0
SSW 9059
Title:  SSW 9059
Description:  SSW 9059 passes the MOW sheds and classic Espee concert phone booth at Gibson.
Photo Date:  9/5/1982  Upload Date: 5/21/2024 9:35:54 AM
Location:  Gibson, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9059(SD45)
Views:  11   Comments: 0
SSW 9059
Title:  SSW 9059
Description:  SSW 9059 is making good time as it rolls southbound through Delta.
Photo Date:  9/5/1982  Upload Date: 5/21/2024 9:37:01 AM
Location:  Delta, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9059(SD45)
Views:  17   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:  23   Comments: 0
SSW 9057
Title:  SSW 9057
Description:  Former SSW 9057 was sold to Chrome Crankshaft in April 1983 and is heading south bound for their faciltiy just south of Mojave.
Photo Date:  5/7/1983  Upload Date: 5/19/2024 2:21:53 PM
Location:  Stockton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9057(SD45)
Views:  13   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:  27   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:  15   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:  13   Comments: 0
SSW 9059
Title:  SSW 9059
Description:  SSW 9059 was delivered in March 1969.
Photo Date:  4/13/1985  Upload Date: 5/21/2024 9:37:58 AM
Location:  Tehachapi, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 9059(SD45)
Views:  11   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:  17   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:  16   Comments: 0
SSW 6879
Title:  SSW 6879
Description:  SSW 6879 was released from Sacramento Shops in June 1989.
Photo Date:  8/6/1989  Upload Date: 5/8/2024 1:47:29 PM
Location:  Cliff, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 6879(SD45T-2R)
Views:  25   Comments: 0
SSW 6874
Title:  SSW 6874
Description:  SSW 6874, a former Espee unit, works up Cajon Pass on the Palmdale Cutoff.
Photo Date:  12/27/1990  Upload Date: 5/8/2024 1:46:47 PM
Location:  Canyon, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 6874(SD45T-2R)
Views:  21   Comments: 0
SSW 6879
Title:  SSW 6879
Description:  SSW 6879 is on the point of a parked ballest train.
Photo Date:  3/5/1993  Upload Date: 5/8/2024 1:48:06 PM
Location:  Famoso, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 6879(SD45T-2R)
Views:  15   Comments: 0
SSW 6879
Title:  SSW 6879
Description:  SSW 6879 was originally delivered as SP 9190 in March 1972.
Photo Date:  3/5/1993  Upload Date: 5/8/2024 1:48:25 PM
Location:  Famoso, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SSW 6879(SD45T-2R)
Views:  25   Comments: 0

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