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Owner: Southern Pacific
Model:FM H-12-44Built As:USAX 1856 (H-12-44)
Serial Number:12L680Order No:
Frame Number:Built:1/1953
Notes:ex-USAX
Other locos with this serial:  USAX 1856(H-12-44) SP 1487(H-12-44)
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SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific H-12-44 #1487 sits parked at Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/26/2013 3:25:01 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  485   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific H-12-44 #1487 helps with switching duties in Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/26/2013 3:30:05 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  644   Comments: 0
SP 3194 and SP 1487
Title:  SP 3194 and SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific GP9 #3194 and H-12-44 #1487 switch at Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/26/2013 3:45:46 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 3194(GP9R) SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  768   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific H-12-44 #1487 helps with switching duties in Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/29/2013 3:27:30 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  450   Comments: 1
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific H-12-44 #1487 helps with switching duties in Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/29/2013 3:29:51 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific H-12-44 #1487 helps with switching duties in Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/29/2013 3:31:08 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  487   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific H-12-44 #1487 helps with switching duties in Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/29/2013 3:43:52 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  488   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific H-12-44 #1487 helps with switching duties in Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/29/2013 3:44:40 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  548   Comments: 0
Brightside Yard
Title:  Brightside Yard
Description:  Several vintage locomotives rest in Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway. The locomotives are Southern Pacific 1423 (EMD NW2), Western Pacific 713 (EMD GP7), Southern Pacific 3194 (EMD GP9), and Southern Pacific 1487 (Fairbanks-Morse H-12-44).
Photo Date:  5/10/2014  Upload Date: 11/21/2014 8:25:38 PM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  WP 713(GP7) SP 3194(GP9R) SP 1487(H-12-44) SP 1423(NW2)
Views:  965   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2014  Upload Date: 9/3/2014 6:51:59 PM
Location:  Sunol, CA
Author:  Ben Margherone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  433   Comments: 0
SP 2472
Title:  SP 2472
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2014  Upload Date: 9/3/2014 7:07:06 PM
Location:  Sunol, CA
Author:  Ben Margherone
Categories:  Night,Station,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 2472(4-6-2) SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  476   Comments: 0
Southern Pacific 1487 and Southern Pacific 2472 Night Time Photography Session
Title:  Southern Pacific 1487 and Southern Pacific 2472 Night Time Photography Session
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2014  Upload Date: 7/18/2015 9:37:16 PM
Location:  Sunol, CA
Author:  Joseph C.
Categories:  Night,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44) SP 2472(4-6-2)
Views:  815   Comments: 0
Southern Pacific 1487 and Southern Pacific 2472 Night Time Photography Session
Title:  Southern Pacific 1487 and Southern Pacific 2472 Night Time Photography Session
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2014  Upload Date: 7/18/2015 9:40:13 PM
Location:  Sunol, CA
Author:  Joseph C.
Categories:  Night,Station,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44) SP 2472(4-6-2)
Views:  1392   Comments: 0
Southern Pacific 1487 and Southern Pacific 2472 Night Time Photography Session
Title:  Southern Pacific 1487 and Southern Pacific 2472 Night Time Photography Session
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2014  Upload Date: 7/18/2015 9:43:58 PM
Location:  Sunol, CA
Author:  Joseph C.
Categories:  Night,Station,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 2472(4-6-2) SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  897   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific 1487, a recently restored Fairbank-Morse H-12-44, helps assemble the consist for the Niles Canyon Railway 2014 Labor Day Special at Brightside Yard. Though she was operational before this run, the 1487 was kept from revenue service due to engine malfunctions duriing acceleration. Interesting fact...SP 1487 is not a true SP unit. The 1487 is ex-US Army #1857 like her sister, No. 1856, which also resides at the Niles Canyon Railway, but is still painted in US Army colors.
Photo Date:  9/1/2014  Upload Date: 1/16/2015 4:15:40 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  570   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific 1487, a recently restored Fairbank-Morse H-12-44, helps assemble the consist for the Niles Canyon Railway 2014 Labor Day Special at Brightside Yard. Though she was operational before this run, the 1487 was kept from revenue service due to engine malfunctions duriing acceleration. Interesting fact...SP 1487 is not a true SP unit. The 1487 is ex-US Army #1857 like her sister, No. 1856, which also resides at the Niles Canyon Railway, but is still painted in US Army colors.
Photo Date:  9/1/2014  Upload Date: 1/16/2015 4:42:15 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific 1487, a recently restored Fairbank-Morse H-12-44, helps assemble the consist for the Niles Canyon Railway 2014 Labor Day Special at Brightside Yard. Though she was operational before this run, the 1487 was kept from revenue service due to engine malfunctions duriing acceleration. Interesting fact...SP 1487 is not a true SP unit. The 1487 is ex-US Army #1857 like her sister, No. 1856, which also resides at the Niles Canyon Railway, but is still painted in US Army colors.
Photo Date:  9/1/2014  Upload Date: 1/16/2015 4:43:17 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  391   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific 1487, a recently restored Fairbank-Morse H-12-44, helps assemble the consist for the Niles Canyon Railway 2014 Labor Day Special at Brightside Yard. Though she was operational before this run, the 1487 was kept from revenue service due to engine malfunctions duriing acceleration. Interesting fact...SP 1487 is not a true SP unit. The 1487 is ex-US Army #1857 like her sister, No. 1856, which also resides at the Niles Canyon Railway, but is still painted in US Army colors.
Photo Date:  9/1/2014  Upload Date: 1/16/2015 10:48:18 PM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  471   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific 1487, a recently restored Fairbank-Morse H-12-44, leads the Niles Canyon Railway Labor Day Special through toward the bridge at Farwell. Though she was operational before this run, the 1487 was kept from revenue service due to engine malfunctions duriing acceleration. Interesting fact...SP 1487 is not a true SP unit. The 1487 is ex-US Army #1857 like her sister, No. 1856, which also resides at the Niles Canyon Railway, but is still painted in US Army colors.
Photo Date:  9/1/2014  Upload Date: 1/16/2015 11:08:11 PM
Location:  Farwell, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific 1487, a recently restored Fairbank-Morse H-12-44, leads the Niles Canyon Railway Labor Day Special toward the bridge at Farwell. Though she was operational before this run, the 1487 was kept from revenue service due to engine malfunctions duriing acceleration. Interesting fact...SP 1487 is not a true SP unit. The 1487 is ex-US Army #1857 like her sister, No. 1856, which also resides at the Niles Canyon Railway, but is still painted in US Army colors.
Photo Date:  9/1/2014  Upload Date: 1/16/2015 11:10:28 PM
Location:  Farwell, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  490   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific 1487, a recently restored Fairbank-Morse H-12-44, chugs along the Niles Canyon Railway near Brightside Yard chasing SP 2472 and the Labor Day Special towards Sunol. Though she was operational before this run, the 1487 was kept from revenue service due to engine malfunctions duriing acceleration. Interesting fact...SP 1487 is not a true SP unit. The 1487 is ex-US Army #1857 like her sister, No. 1856, which also resides at the Niles Canyon Railway, but is still painted in US Army colors.
Photo Date:  9/1/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2015 2:10:36 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  534   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description:  Southern Pacific 1487, a recently restored Fairbank-Morse H-12-44, leads the Niles Canyon Railway Labor Day Special through Sunol. Though she was operational before this run, the 1487 was kept from revenue service due to engine malfunctions duriing acceleration. Interesting fact...SP 1487 is not a true SP unit. The 1487 is ex-US Army #1857 like her sister, No. 1856, which also resides at the Niles Canyon Railway, but is still painted in US Army colors.
Photo Date:  9/1/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2015 2:12:09 AM
Location:  Sunol, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 3:17:31 PM
Location:  Farwell, CA
Author:  Ben Margherone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 3:17:46 PM
Location:  Sunol, CA
Author:  Ben Margherone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  394   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 3:17:45 PM
Location:  Farwell, CA
Author:  Ben Margherone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  431   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 3:17:50 PM
Location:  Sunol, CA
Author:  Ben Margherone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  466   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2017  Upload Date: 6/29/2017 2:51:18 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Ashley Rodriguez
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  665   Comments: 0
SP 1487
Title:  SP 1487
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2019  Upload Date: 11/9/2023 7:16:56 PM
Location:  Sonoma, CA
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  336   Comments: 0
GGRM Move Through Sacramento
Title:  GGRM Move Through Sacramento
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/2020  Upload Date: 3/2/2020 10:01:46 PM
Location:  Sacramento, CA
Author:  Roseville Sacramento Railfan
Categories:  Roster,Night,Steam,Transit,Track,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1487(H-12-44)
Views:  516   Comments: 0

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