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Viewing Album:  Sparks Yard in the 1980s
 
By:Bruce Flaws
Dates:1/1/1980 - 6/30/1989
Album Info:Mostly SP Sparks Yard. A couple of shots of UP in North Reno at the Parr Blvd Intermodal yard in Panther Valley.
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SP 9341
Title:  SP 9341
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 7:30:06 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 9341(SD45T-2)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
SP 7479
Title:  SP 7479
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 7:31:39 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7479(SD45R) SP 7326(SD40R)
Views:  395   Comments: 0
SP 7326
Title:  SP 7326
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 7:33:48 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7326(SD40R) SP 9184(SD45T-2)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
SP 9184
Title:  SP 9184
Description:  SP replaced lots of brake shoes here after Donner Pass trips. Look at the empty crates stacking up.
Photo Date:  4/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 7:35:25 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 9184(SD45T-2)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
DRGW 5385
Title:  DRGW 5385
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 7:44:30 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 5385(SD40T-2)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
SSW 9292
Title:  SSW 9292
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 7:46:51 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 9292(SD45T-2)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
SP 8257
Title:  SP 8257
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 7:48:43 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8257(SD40T-2)
Views:  220   Comments: 0
SP 3394
Title:  SP 3394
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 7:51:12 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3394(GP9R)
Views:  169   Comments: 0
Freshly painted Kodachrome.
Title:  Freshly painted Kodachrome.
Description:  Sparks Yard near the great Nugget Hotel/Casino.
Photo Date:  4/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/4/2018 12:57:44 AM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 7399(SD44R)
Views:  1075   Comments: 4
SP 4841
Title:  SP 4841
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/22/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 7:57:44 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 4841(GP38-2) SP 4844(GP38-2)
Views:  477   Comments: 0
SP 4841 & 4844
Title:  SP 4841 & 4844
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/22/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 7:59:37 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 4841(GP38-2) SP 4844(GP38-2)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
SP 7305
Title:  SP 7305
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/22/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 8:01:59 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7305(SD40R)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
SP 7307 & 9349
Title:  SP 7307 & 9349
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/22/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 8:04:24 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7307(SD40R) SP 9349(SD45T-2)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
SP 9349
Title:  SP 9349
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/22/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 8:06:07 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 9349(SD45T-2)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
SP 8527
Title:  SP 8527
Description:  A Los Angeles unit.
Photo Date:  4/22/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 8:07:27 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8527(SD40T-2)
Views:  163   Comments: 0
EB waits to leave for Ogden
Title:  EB waits to leave for Ogden
Description:  Two Kodachromes, two DGRWs, and some SP power ready to leave Sparks.
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 8:34:31 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 8286(SD40T-2) DRGW 3127(GP40-2) DRGW 3095(GP40-2) SP 6768(SD45T-2R)
Views:  714   Comments: 0
EB at Sparks
Title:  EB at Sparks
Description:  Ready to head out "on the sand" towards Ogden, UT.
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 8:30:25 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7437(SD45R)
Views:  441   Comments: 1
East end of the Sparks Yard
Title:  East end of the Sparks Yard
Description:  An EB waits for a crew.
Photo Date:  4/23/1985  Upload Date: 5/9/2018 11:29:43 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7437(SD45R)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
SP Extra 8257 West at Sparks, NV
Title:  SP Extra 8257 West at Sparks, NV
Description:  WB waits for helpers.
Photo Date:  4/25/1985  Upload Date: 3/17/2020 5:13:08 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 8257(SD40T-2)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
SP 8366
Title:  SP 8366
Description:  2nd unit of SP Extra 8257 West
Photo Date:  4/25/1985  Upload Date: 3/17/2020 5:34:59 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  15   Comments: 0
SP 8366 at Sparks, NV
Title:  SP 8366 at Sparks, NV
Description:  2nd unit in consist of SP Extra 8257 West.
Photo Date:  4/25/1985  Upload Date: 3/17/2020 5:42:49 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  22   Comments: 0
SP 7309 at Sparks, NV
Title:  SP 7309 at Sparks, NV
Description:  3rd unit of SP Extra 8257 West.
Photo Date:  4/25/1985  Upload Date: 3/17/2020 6:03:24 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 7309(SD40R)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
SP 7309 at Sparks, NV
Title:  SP 7309 at Sparks, NV
Description:  3rd unit of headend of SP Extra 8257 West.
Photo Date:  4/25/1985  Upload Date: 3/17/2020 6:42:21 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 7309(SD40R)
Views:  65   Comments: 0
SP 8249 at Sparks, NV.
Title:  SP 8249 at Sparks, NV.
Description:  Lead unit of mid-train helper for SP Extra 8257 West.
Photo Date:  4/25/1985  Upload Date: 3/17/2020 7:03:29 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 8249(SD40T-2)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
SP 7428
Title:  SP 7428
Description:  2nd mid-train helper for SP Extra 8257 West at West Sparks, NV.
Photo Date:  4/25/1985  Upload Date: 3/17/2020 7:57:49 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 7428(SD45R)
Views:  140   Comments: 0
SP 7428 at Sparks, NV
Title:  SP 7428 at Sparks, NV
Description:  2nd mid-train helper of SP Extra 8257 West at West Sparks, NV.
Photo Date:  4/25/1985  Upload Date: 3/17/2020 8:08:10 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  19   Comments: 0
SP 7337
Title:  SP 7337
Description:  3rd unit of mid-train helpers for SP Extra 8257 West at Sparks, NV.
Photo Date:  4/25/1985  Upload Date: 3/17/2020 8:28:35 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 7337(SD40R)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
Caltrain 905
Title:  Caltrain 905
Description:  New FP40PH-2 headed west from Sparks.
Photo Date:  4/25/1985  Upload Date: 3/17/2020 8:49:51 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CT 905(F40PH-2)
Views:  82   Comments: 4
Caltrain 905
Title:  Caltrain 905
Description:  F40 PH-2 WB at Sparks.
Photo Date:  4/25/1985  Upload Date: 3/17/2020 9:30:47 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CT 905(F40PH-2)
Views:  58   Comments: 0
Caltrain 905
Title:  Caltrain 905
Description:  Dead-in-tow at Sparks, NV, headed toward Roseville for now.
Photo Date:  4/25/1985  Upload Date: 3/18/2020 2:59:32 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CT 905(F40PH-2)
Views:  76   Comments: 1
SD45T-2 Helper set
Title:  SD45T-2 Helper set
Description:  Parked near Sparks Tower. MOW heavyweight cars in background in a work train consist.
Photo Date:  4/25/1985  Upload Date: 3/18/2020 4:39:53 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SP 9325(SD45T-2)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
Battle weary
Title:  Battle weary
Description:  Just in from the Mina Local
Photo Date:  6/30/1985  Upload Date: 5/4/2018 12:22:32 AM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 4306(SD9E)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
DGRW 5385
Title:  DGRW 5385
Description:  EB run through power will turn on the Sparks wye and head back east "on the sand" as the DS/Crews would say.
Photo Date:  6/30/1988  Upload Date: 5/10/2018 8:01:27 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 5385(SD40T-2)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
UP 3664
Title:  UP 3664
Description:  EB run through power will turn on the Sparks wye and head back east "on the sand" as the DS/Crews would say.
Photo Date:  6/30/1988  Upload Date: 5/10/2018 8:15:02 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3664(SD40-2) DRGW 5387(SD40T-2)
Views:  307   Comments: 0
DRGW 5387
Title:  DRGW 5387
Description:  EB run through power will turn on the Sparks wye and head back east "on the sand" as the DS/Crews would say.
Photo Date:  6/30/1988  Upload Date: 5/10/2018 8:18:49 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DGRW 5387(SD40T-2)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
DRGW power
Title:  DRGW power
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1988  Upload Date: 5/10/2018 9:02:18 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 5398(SD40T-2) DRGW 5355(SD40T-2)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
SP 9319
Title:  SP 9319
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1988  Upload Date: 5/10/2018 9:04:55 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 9319(SD45T-2)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
SP 7333
Title:  SP 7333
Description:  Waiting for fuel.
Photo Date:  6/30/1989  Upload Date: 5/4/2018 12:29:41 AM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 7333(SD40R)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
SP Extra 8257 West at Sparks, NV
Title:  SP Extra 8257 West at Sparks, NV
Description:  Westbound waits for helpers to be cut into consist.
Photo Date:  6/30/1989  Upload Date: 3/17/2020 5:01:47 PM
Location:  Sparks, NV
Author:  Bruce Flaws
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 8257(SD40T-2)
Views:  102   Comments: 1

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