Southern Pacific (SP) SD7 2716 was sporting improvised extended sunshades to protect from the early summer heat in Roseville, CA on Sunday, June 28, 1973. It was doubling over an eastbound train that was led by UP power.
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SP 2716 was an EMD SD7, SP Class ES615-3. Reportedly: it was built as SP 5309, SP Class DF-117, in 1953, construction number 18381, the first of it's class, and was built with 62:15 gearing, steam generators and signal lights at each end. Renumbered to 2716 in the 1965 renumbering, it was renumbered again to 1416 in 1973. SP 1416 was upgraded in 1979 to SP Class ES615R-1 1511. SP 1511 was retired and sold in 1995.

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#FreeAmerica Protests

#FreeAmericaCalifornia
(Part 2 of 4)

Friday, July 4th:

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#JoshuaTreeCA
#LosAngelesCA, #LosFeliz, #StudioCity
#MartinezCA
#MoorparkCA
#PaloAltoCA
#QuincyCA
#RedlandsCA
#RosevilleCA

Link:
https://action.womensmarch.com/calendars/free-america-weekend?page=6

Recent shots of two mid-century icons, Tower Theatre (Roseville, 1940) and Motel Capri (San Francisco, 1957).

Just learned that the signs were made by Wonderlite, one of the first and longest running neon sign shops in the Bay Area. https://www.flickr.com/search/?sort=date-taken-desc&safe_search=1&tags=wonderlite&user_id=23806189%40N00&view_all=1

Learn more, and see and an incredible collection of their original drawings at the Neon Speaks Online Symposium on Sep 7: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neon-speaks-online-symposium-2024-registration-898205084587

#Signs #Neon #NeonSigns #Theaters #SFBA #RosevilleCA #SanFrancisco #Lettering

Southern Pacific (SP) GP35 6666 sits with SD35 4703 in Roseville on an unknown date in May 1978.
SP 6666 is an EMD GP35, SP Class EF425-4. Reportedly: SP 6666 was built in 1965 by EMD as a model GP35, builders number 30178, SP 7769, SP Class DF-626. In 1965 it was renumbered and reclassified to SP 6666 EMD GP35, SP Class EF425-4.
This locomotive was not upgraded.

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