Southern Pacific 4450

Southern Pacific Railroad's (SP) locomotive number 4450, nicknamed "Huff", was an EMD SD9 diesel locomotive. 4450 was part of SP's first order of 32 SD9s, and delivered in 1954, with its original number, 5363. This order was assigned SP class DF-120 and numbered 5340-5371.
History
The locomotive was assembled by EMD in April 1954 under EMD construction number 19452, and was initially assigned number 5363 after delivery. As delivered, SP 5363 featured the "black widow" paint scheme, large Mars Signal lights at both ends (in fact, SP 5340-5371 were the only class of SP SD9s equipped with this large and distinctive light), and had a steam generator so that it could be used for passenger service. The whole class appears to have initially been assigned to the service district in Oregon.
In 1965, SP 5363 was painted into the grey and scarlet "bloody nose" paint scheme, and numbered SP 3822. During this time 3822 was used as a snow-fighting locomotive for the fierce winters on Donner Pass. It was rebuilt at the SP Sacramento General Shops as part of SP's General Rehabilitation and Improvement Program (GRIP), and received the number 4450 on 23 November 1973. SP 4450 & 4451 were the only two SD9s to retain their steam generators after being rebuilt. SP 4451 was transferred to the Northwestern Pacific Railroad where it presently remains, in derelict condition in Schellville, California.
In late 2005, the Golden Gate Railroad Museum was evicted from its home and Southern Pacific 4450 was sold to the Feather River Rail Society and was transferred to the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California. On December 30, 2006, SP 4450 left Hunters Point en route to Portola. It was eventually declared surplus to the WPRM's collection and in August 2013 was ultimately scrapped due to 4450’s poor condition and lack of alignment control couplers.

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