917
917-D, 917-C, 917-B and 917-A at EMD plant pose for builders
photo in January 1950.
(Rob Sarberenyi collecion)
917 westbound into Milpitas during the early 70's. This
was the first f-unit
to receive Perlaman green. This is the early version
of that scheme.
(Steve Schmollinger photo)
917 at her current home in Rio Vista, Ca at the Western
Railway Museum.
917, former WP GP7 712 and several other WP graduates
were recently traded to the
FRRS in Portola and will soon be moved out there.
(Dan Furtado photo)
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Information sources:
Western Pacific's Diesel Years by Joseph Strapac
D-Day on the Western Pacific by Virgil Staff
California's Final Four F's (Nov 1978 Trains Magazine)
by Ted Benson
