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Owner: Southern Pacific
Model:EMD SD45T-2Built As:SSW 9287 (SD45T-2)
Serial Number:72625-27Order No:72625
Frame Number:72625-27Built:3/1973
Notes:ex-SSW 9287 - repainted into SP speed lettering
Other locos with this serial:  SSW 9287(SD45T-2) SP 9287(SD45T-2)
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Head-on Collision near Aurora, IL - 1993
Title:  Head-on Collision near Aurora, IL - 1993
Description:  According to the Chicago Tribune files, this head-on collision occurred on Wednesday, January 20, 1993, between a BN 15 car local and a SP 92 car freight train. These photos appear to have been taken by a professional photographer, although unidentified.
Photo Date:  1/21/1993  Upload Date: 6/8/2018 6:49:22 AM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Wreck,Action
Locomotives:  BN 7072(SD40-2) CSX 8444(SD40-2) CSX 6077(GP40-2) SP 9287(SD45T-2)
Views:  2647   Comments: 4
Head-on Collision near Aurora, IL - 1993
Title:  Head-on Collision near Aurora, IL - 1993
Description:  Crews work to clear the wreckage from the head-on collision from the busy tracks near Aurora, IL. Seven locos were involved in the collision between a BN local and a SP freight. Unfortunately, one fatality occurred - the conductor on the SP freight train.
Photo Date:  1/21/1993  Upload Date: 6/8/2018 6:49:26 AM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Wreck,Action
Locomotives:  BN 7072(SD40-2) CSX 8444(SD40-2) CSX 6077(GP40-2) SP 9287(SD45T-2)
Views:  1437   Comments: 1
Head-on Collision near Aurora, IL - 1993
Title:  Head-on Collision near Aurora, IL - 1993
Description:  Crews try to separate the locos after the 7 unit head-on crash near Aurora, IL. Not all the locos could be identified from the photos by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  1/21/1993  Upload Date: 6/8/2018 6:49:29 AM
Location:  Aurora, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Wreck,Action
Locomotives:  BN 7072(SD40-2) CSX 8444(SD40-2) CSX 6077(GP40-2) SP 9287(SD45T-2)
Views:  1596   Comments: 1


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