Robert Pierce photo
Scanned from a print I took. At SP's Armourdale yard in K.C., Ks.
An Espee B30-7 wearing a clean coat of paint ducks under the Loop 12 overpass while exiting Miller Yard with a southbound freight. This locomotive would be retired by Union Pacific on February 7, 2001 and currently works for East Penn Railroad as ESPN 7811.
UP GP38-2 710 & an SP B30-7 7811 are sitting at Texarkana, Ar. awaiting their next assignment
SP yard job 7811 is headed from West Lake and is headed for the SP yard in Lake Charles, LA. Now BNSF trackage, the wooden trestle is now replaced with a non-photgenic cement bridge. It was also high tide.
UP GP38-2 710 & SP B30-7 7811 are sitting at Texarkana, Ar. awaiting their next assignment
Retired SP B 30-7A 7811 SEMO Port Scott City, MO September 2, 2004