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Southern Pacific (SP) GP20E 4107 was in Fresno, CA, in early 1978.
This is one of many scans I am revisiting with new tools and methods to obtain better results. Please do not edit, crop, "correct" or "improve" my photos without permission from me.
SP 4107 was an EMD GP20E, SP Class EF420E-2. Reportedly: it was built in 1962 as a model GP20, builders number 5634-10, SP 7209, SP Class DF-617. In 1965 it was renumbered to SP 4059 SP Class EF420-1. It was upgraded in 1976 emerging as SP 4107. The reported disposition of this locomotive is, retired 1993, scrapped.

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Steve Sloan Feb 19

SP 1278 in Fresno
Southern Pacific (SP) 1278 was in Fresno, CA, in early 1978.
This is one of many scans I am revisiting with new tools and methods to obtain better results. Please do not edit, crop, "correct" or "improve" my photos without permission from me.
SP 1278 was an ALCo S6, built with MU capability, in SP Class AS409-5. Reportedly: it built in 1955 as SP 4642, SP Class DF-307, construction number 81429. It was reclassified as Class DS-607 in 1963. In 1965 it was renumbered and reclassified to SP 1278. It was retired 1978 and sold.

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Steve Sloan Feb 19

SSW 5004 in Fresno
Southern Pacific (SP) Cotton Belt (SSW) GP30 5004 was waiting in Fresno, CA, for a call to work in early 1978.
This is one of many scans I am revisiting with new tools and methods to obtain better results. Please do not edit, crop, "correct" or "improve" my photos without permission from me.
SSW 5004 was an EMD GP30, SP Class EF423C-1. Reportedly: it was built in 1963, builders number 5650-05 28176, as SSW 754, SSW Class Z-22. In 1965 it was renumbered and reclassed.
The disposition of this locomotive is, retired 1986 & sold.

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Bi Sasquatch Feb 8

"Dozens of protesters lined the sidewalks near River Park Saturday afternoon as part of Peace Fresno’s weekly demonstration, calling for an end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the Central Valley and urging local officials to refuse cooperation with federal immigration enforcement."

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https://gvwire.com/2026/02/08/peace-fresno-continues-weekly-river-park-protests-with-anti-ice-focus/