MONTAGUE LOCAL
IN APRIL OF 1993 TWO GP9E'S WERE USED IN THE DUNSMUIR AREA FOR USE ON VARIOUS TRAINS. IT WAS UNUSUAL AS SD9E'S WITH THEIR SIX AXLE TRUCKS WERE THE LOCAL LIGHT POWER IN THIS AREA. THE FOLLOWING SERIES OF PHOTOS SHOW THE TWO UNITS AS HEAD END HELPERS ON A REGULAR SP MAINLINE TRAIN AND THEN ARE SHOWN ON THE SISKIYOU LINE ON THEIR WAY TO MONTAGUE. THE SP WAS STILL RUNNING ON THE SISKIYOU LINE BETWEEN BLACK BUTTE AND MONTAGUE WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE LINE RUN BY THE CORP. THIS WAS ONE OF THE LAST RUNS OF SP GEEPS IN THIS AREA.
(NEGATIVE #GPE-1)
GP9E 3429 AND 3764 ARE HEAD END HELPERS ON 7420 EAST AS THEY GO THROUGH THE CROSSOVERS AT MOTT-AZALEA.