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Bulletin 666 Pacific Locomotive Association, Inc. www.ncry.org February 2019
SP 9010 Krauss-Maffei Public Debut

Photo by Bob Zenk
SP 9010 went out for a self-powered test run during October of 2018, seen here using its revived diesel-hydraulic power-train to
shove five of PLA’s diesel-electrics with ease.

IN THIS ISSUE: SP 9010, the world’s sole surviving on the completion of its cosmetic res-
Krauss-Maffei USA Model ML4000C’C’ toration, taking the unit back to its ap-
Diesel-Hydraulic “Series Unit,” is go- pearance in October of 1964, not long
2 Activities Page ing to have a very, very good 2019 — after its May 9th arrival on U.S. soil at
thanks to nearly eleven years of effort the Port of Houston. PLA member Jim
3 Membership Report by its volunteer PLA restoration crew. Evans has discovered train sheet evi-

Peter Midnight Headed by Howard P. Wise, the dence showing our SP 9010 operating
6 President’s Report team is rapidly closing on the date for at night through Niles Canyon on its
way from Bayshore to Tracy — leav-
this unique locomotive’s official public
Henry Baum debut. Scheduled for July 20-21, SP ing little wonder why the KM feels and
looks so much at home here!
9010’s rollout will be held in conjunc-
7 Stack Talk tion with continuing 150th anniversary Howard, ably assisted by PLA ace
Alan Siegwarth celebrations of Niles Canyon Railway volunteer bodyman Bill Stimmerman,
has been busy finishing hood doors,
12 Signaleros and its connection to the original Trans- completing the distinctive 15-inch SP
continental Railroad of 1869.
Curt Hoppins Current work on the big KM centers Continued on Page 8
OUR MISSION: To be an operating railroad museum for standard gauge railroading, past, present and future,
with emphasis on the Western United States and special emphasis on Northern California