Southern Pacific No. 5472

Southern Pacific No. 5472 is an EMD SD9 diesel locomotive that was built by the Electro-Motive Division originally for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1956.
== History ==
Southern Pacific No. 5472 was constructed in 1956 by the Electro-Motive Division during the production of the EMD SD9s, and it was delivered to the Southern Pacific Railroad that same year in 1956.
When it was delivered to the Southern Pacific Railroad, it was numbered as #5472 and classified by the Southern Pacific as a "DF-125". Then in 1965, it was renumbered as #3946 and reclassified by the Southern Pacific as an "EF618-5", then in 1977, it was rebuilt into an EMD SD9E under the SP's G.R.I.P rebuild program and renumbered as #4423 and reclassified as an EF618R-1.
It was officially retired from active service on the Southern Pacific Railroad and sold to OmniTRAX in the summer of 1993, along with about 100 other units. It was later given to the Northwestern Pacific Railroad and later became became NWP 4423, it was later purchased by Howard Wise of the Oakland Terminal Railway.
It was later given to the Niles Canyon Railway and cosmetically and mechanically restored back to its original form as #5472 and continues to operate as Southern Pacific SD9 No. 5472.
== References ==
* https://sp5472.ncry.org/facts.htm
== Gallery ==
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Category:Diesel locomotives
Category:Niles Canyon Railway
Category:Southern Pacific Class EF618R-1
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Category:Standard gauge locomotives of the United States
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Category:EMD SD9E
Category:Southern Pacific locomotives
Category:American locomotives
Category:4 foot 8 1⁄2 inch gauge
Category:Preserved diesel locomotives
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