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SP 4706

 

Model:  SP class C-50-9

Builder:  International Car, Kenton, OH

Acquired:  See below

Status:  In service

Length:   

Build Date:  March 1980

Operating Weight:   

SP-4706

Much heavier than WP 481-486 (larger battery capacity).
Known informally as "Christine" due to the graffiti image on one side.
Acquired by FRRS in 2006 from UP (last used as an unoccupied shoving platform, with doors and windows welded up, at the ex-SP Newhall Yard in San Jose, CA).

The FRRS completed a major restoration of the SP 4706 caboose in August 2016, there are more pictures on the WPRM Photo & Video Gallery web page.


 

SP4706 - photo by Mike Mucklin


SP4706 - photo by Ken Chapin (5/3/16)


SP4706 - photo by Ken Chapin (5/3/16)


SP4706 - photo by Ken Chapin (5/3/16)


SP4706 - photo by Ken Chapin (5/13/16)


SP4706 - photo by Paul Finnegan (8/14/16)


SP4706 - photo by Paul Finnegan (8/14/16)


SP4706 - photo by Paul Finnegan (8/14/16)


SP4706 - photo by Paul Finnegan (8/14/16)


SP4706 - photo by Paul Finnegan (8/14/16)


Ken Chapin, Painter Extraordinaire
- photo by Paul Finnegan (9/2/16)


SP4706 - photo by Greg Elems (9/916)
 
Links to Train Sheet articles about SP 4706:
Train Sheet #172, Page 10:  Restoration of SP 4706