Oregon is home to two Black Widow diesels: PNWR GP9 1801 and LLW SD9 5399. Built as Southern Pacific 4364 in February 1955, this engine was later renumbered SP 3877. Rebuilt in early 1973, it was also renumbered SP 5399. It was eventually sold, in February 1992, to retired California Highway Patrol officer and locomotive dealer George Lavacot (the "t" is silent), who restored it and repainted it into the classic SP Black Widow scheme, and leased it to Oregon's Albany & Eastern Railroad. Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE.
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just heritage schemes, not just commemorative schemes - this album is devoted to some of the world's most interesting paint schemes, past or present.
