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By:Rich Varner
Dates:3/1/1976 - 1/23/2023
Album Info:These pictures are all scanned from prints taken by me or my good friends while railfanning.
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SP #4450 & 4451
Title:  SP #4450 & 4451
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Special train thru Muscatine, with 2 new looking SP SD9's leading, running southbound on the joint RI/Milw tracks, I don't remember the details.
Photo Date:  3/1/1976  Upload Date: 1/23/2023 8:44:44 PM
Location:  Muscatine, IA
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SP 4450(SD9E)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
SP #7626
Title:  SP #7626
Description:  Scanned from a print taken by my friend Wes Rupe. Getting a wave from the engineer, this is the lead engine of 3 on SP Golden Pig train moving north to west toward the lower bridge at Santa Fe Jct., K.C., Mo.
Photo Date:  8/22/1981  Upload Date: 6/4/2023 12:13:57 PM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SP 7626(GP40-2)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
SP #7663
Title:  SP #7663
Description:  Scanned from a print taken by my friend Wes Rupe. Setting at the SP/Cotton Belt engine terminal in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  3/20/1982  Upload Date: 6/4/2023 12:17:43 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7663(GP40-2)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
SP #8493
Title:  SP #8493
Description:  Scanned from a print taken by my friend Wes Rupe. Setting at the SP/Cotton Belt engine terminal in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  6/9/1983  Upload Date: 6/7/2023 10:06:05 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 8493(SD40T-2)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
SP #2502
Title:  SP #2502
Description:  Scanned from a print taken by my friend Wes Rupe. Setting at the Cotton Belt engine terminal.
Photo Date:  10/21/1983  Upload Date: 5/26/2023 1:21:22 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  74   Comments: 0
SP #7354
Title:  SP #7354
Description:  Scanned from a print taken by my friend Wes Rupe. On the move between a leading GP40-2 and trailing a SD40T-2 on a westbound auto parts freight heading towards the lower bridge at Santa Fe Jct., K.C., Mo.
Photo Date:  11/12/1983  Upload Date: 6/2/2023 6:34:18 PM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SP 7354(SD40R)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
SP #8567
Title:  SP #8567
Description:  Scanned from a print taken by my friend Wes Rupe. Looks in good shape and leads a sister SD40T-2, SD45 and a SD45T-2 on a Cotton Belt freight running from east to west toward the lower bridge at Santa Fe Jct. in K.C., Mo.
Photo Date:  5/12/1984  Upload Date: 6/7/2023 10:23:52 PM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SP 8567(SD40T-2)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
SP #7355
Title:  SP #7355
Description:  Scanned from a print taken by my friend Wes Rupe. Trails a SD40T-2 and leads a SD45T-2 on a eastbound freight at Loring.
Photo Date:  6/3/1984  Upload Date: 6/2/2023 10:43:43 PM
Location:  Loring, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SP 7355(SD40R)
Views:  221   Comments: 0
SP #7958
Title:  SP #7958
Description:  Scanned from a print taken by my friend Wes Rupe. Setting at the SP/Cotton Belt engine terminal in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  7/20/1986  Upload Date: 6/5/2023 9:35:38 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7958(GP40-2)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
SP #7515
Title:  SP #7515
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Setting alone at the KCS/SOO Knoche yard in K.C., Mo.
Photo Date:  12/1/1986  Upload Date: 6/3/2023 10:54:45 PM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7515(SD45R)
Views:  79   Comments: 0
SP #2715
Title:  SP #2715
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Taken at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  1/1/1987  Upload Date: 5/26/2023 2:30:25 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2715(MP15AC)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
SP #7384
Title:  SP #7384
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Setting at the fuel racks at the SP engine facility at K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  1/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/3/2023 10:09:51 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7384(SD40R)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
SP #7514
Title:  SP #7514
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. On the move on a freight at an unknown location in K.C., Mo.
Photo Date:  1/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/3/2023 10:52:25 PM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SP 7514(SD45R)
Views:  95   Comments: 0
SP #7673
Title:  SP #7673
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Setting at the KCS/SOO Knoche engine terminal.
Photo Date:  2/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/4/2023 12:23:32 PM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7673(GP40-2)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
SP #7949
Title:  SP #7949
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Setting at the fuel racks along with TEBU #1602 at SP engine terminal in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  3/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/5/2023 9:32:59 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7949(GP40-2)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
SP #7406
Title:  SP #7406
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Awaiting its next duties at KCS Knoche yard.
Photo Date:  7/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/3/2023 10:22:05 PM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7406(SD45R)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
SP #6671
Title:  SP #6671
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Taken at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  8/1/1987  Upload Date: 5/31/2023 10:24:51 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 6671(GP35)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
SP #7533
Title:  SP #7533
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Setting at the fuel racks next to a MP engine at the SP engine facility at K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  8/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/4/2023 12:03:30 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7533(SD45R)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
SP #7825
Title:  SP #7825
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. I remember seeing this engine with the "double lettering" on the A & C in "Southern Pacific" on the long hood and double lettering on the nose. Taken at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  8/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/5/2023 9:12:44 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7825(B30-7)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
SP #6351
Title:  SP #6351
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Taken at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  9/6/1987  Upload Date: 5/31/2023 7:33:02 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 6351(GP35R)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
SP #7399
Title:  SP #7399
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. On the move, leaving the SP yard in K.C., Kansas pulled by another SP and a D&RGW and followed by 2 ex-BN engines.
Photo Date:  9/6/1987  Upload Date: 6/3/2023 10:14:53 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SP 7399(SD45)
Views:  127   Comments: 0
SP #7405
Title:  SP #7405
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. On the move, leaving the SP yard in K.C., Kansas pulled by a D&RGW and followed by a Kodachrome SP and 2 ex-BN engines.
Photo Date:  9/6/1987  Upload Date: 6/3/2023 10:18:03 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SP 7405(SD45R)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
SP #8351
Title:  SP #8351
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Nice looking SP engine, to bad it was covered with the usual filth seen on most SP engines. Setting next to MP #3047 at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  9/6/1987  Upload Date: 6/7/2023 11:33:21 AM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 8351(SD40T-2)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
SP #2663
Title:  SP #2663
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Taken at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  10/1/1987  Upload Date: 5/26/2023 2:27:49 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2663(SW1500)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
SP #7483
Title:  SP #7483
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Setting with a MKT engine at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  10/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/3/2023 10:47:34 PM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7483(SD45R)
Views:  75   Comments: 0
SP #7522
Title:  SP #7522
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Setting at the BN yard at North K.C., Mo.
Photo Date:  10/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/3/2023 10:57:14 PM
Location:  North Kansas City, MO
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7522(SD45R)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
SP #8004
Title:  SP #8004
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Must be fairly new at this date, looks to be in nearly new condition! Setting at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  10/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/5/2023 9:40:24 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  84   Comments: 0
SP #8006
Title:  SP #8006
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Must be fairly new at this date, looks to be in nearly new condition! Setting at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  10/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/5/2023 9:43:08 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 8006(B39-8E)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
SP #8007
Title:  SP #8007
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Must be fairly new at this date, looks to be in nearly new condition! Setting at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  10/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/5/2023 9:44:59 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 8007(B39-8E)
Views:  111   Comments: 0
SP #8337
Title:  SP #8337
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Setting at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  10/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/7/2023 11:30:53 AM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 8337(SD40T-2)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
SP #8383
Title:  SP #8383
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. With the "Men at Work" sign on cab, it must be getting serviced between trips at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  10/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/7/2023 9:57:54 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 8383(SD40T-2)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
SP #8706
Title:  SP #8706
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Setting in the "dead line" with a few other engines.
Photo Date:  10/15/1987  Upload Date: 6/7/2023 10:35:07 PM
Location:  San Antonio, TX
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 8706(U33C)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
SP #8736
Title:  SP #8736
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Setting in the "dead line" with a few other engines.
Photo Date:  10/15/1987  Upload Date: 6/8/2023 12:42:32 PM
Location:  San Antonio, TX
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 8736(U33C)
Views:  62   Comments: 0
SP #8767
Title:  SP #8767
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Setting in the "dead line" with a few other engines.
Photo Date:  10/15/1987  Upload Date: 6/8/2023 12:45:07 PM
Location:  San Antonio, TX
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 8767(U33C)
Views:  64   Comments: 0
SP #4832
Title:  SP #4832
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Taken at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  11/1/1987  Upload Date: 5/31/2023 7:19:47 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 4832(GP38-2)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
SP #7503
Title:  SP #7503
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. With its lettering fading, setting at the KCS/SOO Knoche yard in K.C., Mo.
Photo Date:  11/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/3/2023 10:49:39 PM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7503(SD45R)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
SP #7527
Title:  SP #7527
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Taking a ride on the turntable at the SP Armourdale yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  11/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/3/2023 10:59:17 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7527(SD45R)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
SP #7857
Title:  SP #7857
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Awaiting its next duties at KCS yard.
Photo Date:  11/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/5/2023 9:22:12 PM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7857(B30-7)
Views:  66   Comments: 0
SP #9339
Title:  SP #9339
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Setting at the fuel racks at the SP engine facility at K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  11/1/1987  Upload Date: 6/9/2023 10:04:52 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  65   Comments: 0
SP #7819
Title:  SP #7819
Description:  Scanned from a print taken by my friend Wes Rupe. Setting at the Cotton Belt engine terminal.
Photo Date:  12/6/1987  Upload Date: 6/5/2023 9:10:00 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7819(B30-7)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
SP #3648
Title:  SP #3648
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. SP or Cotton belt? Setting at the SP Armourdale yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  2/1/1988  Upload Date: 5/28/2023 12:10:19 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 3648(GP9)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
SP #7563
Title:  SP #7563
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Setting at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  2/1/1988  Upload Date: 6/4/2023 12:09:34 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7563(SD45R)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
SP #9077
Title:  SP #9077
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. With SP lettering painted out, might be going to a new owner or being scrapped? Setting at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  2/1/1988  Upload Date: 6/8/2023 12:56:42 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  59   Comments: 0
SP #4834
Title:  SP #4834
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Taken at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  3/1/1988  Upload Date: 5/31/2023 7:21:32 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 4834(GP38-2)
Views:  68   Comments: 0
SP #6533
Title:  SP #6533
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. This engine got "tagged" to maybe try to remove the SP lettering? Taken at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  3/1/1988  Upload Date: 5/31/2023 7:42:32 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 6533(GP35)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
SP #6810
Title:  SP #6810
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. How is this for a line up? SP, 2 Rio Grande's and a BN unit leading this train at a location I do not remember in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  5/1/1988  Upload Date: 5/31/2023 10:50:42 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SP 6810(SD45T-2R)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
SP #8384
Title:  SP #8384
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Leads a SP freight somewhere in K.C., Kansas area (exact location not documented).
Photo Date:  5/1/1988  Upload Date: 6/7/2023 10:02:28 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SP 8384(SD40T-2)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
SP #6833
Title:  SP #6833
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Taken at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  6/1/1988  Upload Date: 5/31/2023 10:57:55 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 6833(SD45T-2R)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
SP #2594
Title:  SP #2594
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Taken at the SP yard in K.C., Ks.
Photo Date:  7/1/1988  Upload Date: 5/26/2023 2:25:29 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 2594(SW1500)
Views:  79   Comments: 0
SP #7564
Title:  SP #7564
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Setting at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas.
Photo Date:  7/1/1988  Upload Date: 6/4/2023 12:11:45 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 7564(SD45R)
Views:  81   Comments: 0


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