SW8 #602 in Liberal in September 1998
Locomotive #602 is an 800-horsepower SW8, built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in July 1952 as Bamberger Railroad #602.
SW8 #602 in Liberal on July 19, 2007
After the Bamberger shut down it was sold to the Yreka Western in 1958.
SW8 #602 in Liberal on July 19, 2007
It was transferred in 1978 to the Oregon Pacific & Eastern, which was under the same ownership as the Yreka Western.
Oregon Pacific & Eastern lettering on SW8 #602, July 19, 2007
It was purchased by Dick Samuels after the Oregon Pacific & Eastern shut down in 1994.
SW8 #602 in Liberal on July 19, 2007
It may have been intended to be painted in Molalla Western/Oregon Pacific colors as #802, but that never happened and eventually another locomotive was acquired and given that number.
SW8 #602 in Liberal on July 19, 2007
#602 still wears its OP&E paint and herald on the cab and appears to have been cannibalized for parts for the other SW8s on the Molalla branch.
Oregon Pacific & Eastern lettering on SW8 #602, July 19, 2007
Old Oregon Pacific & Eastern herald on SW8 #602, July 19, 2007
It was stored in Liberal, Oregon until 2010, when it and SW8 #803 were sold to Western Rail (WRIX) in order to acquire GMD-1 #1413.
SW8 #602 in Liberal on July 19, 2007
Historical Photos:
Yreka Western #602, Montague, CA, Aug. 1963 (Western Rails)
OP&E #602 in August 1986 (Western Rails)
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