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Owner: St Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt)
Model:GE B40-8Built As:SSW 8069 (B40-8)
Serial Number:45717Order No:1414SSW
Frame Number: Built:10/1988
Other locos with this serial:  UP 5676(B40-8) UP 1867(B40-8) SSW 8069(B40-8)
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SSW 8069 Leads at Shrewsbury Road
Title:  SSW 8069 Leads at Shrewsbury Road
Description:  SSW B40-8 8069, SSW B40-8 8052, and SP B39-8E 8001 lead the westbound APL stack train from the NS across the New Orleans Terminal mainline at Shrewsbury Road near New Orleans, LA.
Photo Date:  5/13/1989  Upload Date: 12/4/2017 6:36:11 PM
Location:  Metairie, LA
Author:  Christopher Palmieri
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 8069(B40-8) SSW 8052(B40-8) SP 8001(B39-8E)
Views:  687   Comments: 2
SSW 8069
Title:  SSW 8069
Description:  A Cotton Belt B40-8 leads the CHOAF (Chicago - Oakland) downhill at Detour. Originally the route up the west side of Soldier Summit was a 4% grade that closely followed the current grade of US Highway 6. A new double track line with a 2% grade was constructed in 1913 betweeen Detour and the Summit.
Photo Date:  9/7/1990  Upload Date: 7/15/2016 5:28:05 PM
Location:  Detour, UT
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 8069(B40-8)
Views:  299   Comments: 2
SP on BN
Title:  SP on BN
Description:  SSW 8069 leads an e.b. SP stack train over the BN, west of Macomb, IL.
Photo Date:  9/1/1991  Upload Date: 12/25/2016 2:27:08 PM
Location:  Macomb, IL
Author:  Jeffrey Dobek
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 8069(B40-8)
Views:  234   Comments: 0
SP on BN
Title:  SP on BN
Description:  SSW 8069 leads an e.b. SP stack train over the BN, west of Macomb, IL.
Photo Date:  9/1/1991  Upload Date: 12/25/2016 2:27:52 PM
Location:  Macomb, IL
Author:  Jeffrey Dobek
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 8069(B40-8) SP 8002(B39-8E)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
UP'S Memphis Sub
Title:  UP'S Memphis Sub
Description:  UP Eastbound Freight Train passing through Bridge Jct. in West Memphis, Ar.
Photo Date:  6/1/1996  Upload Date: 8/3/2012 8:29:03 PM
Location:  West Memphis, AR
Author:  William H. Davis Jr.
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SSW 8069(B40-8)
Views:  373   Comments: 6


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