Southern
Pacific 9010
Electrical Work
The 9010 has sustained a lot of damage to the electrical system over the past 25 years. This is mainly due to the actions of copper thieves while the locomotive was in storage in Sacramento. There is a lot of wiring missing which could have been removed by the Southern Pacific during the camera car conversion. Here are a few photos illustrating the problems we face.
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-- Update October 30, 2009 --
The wiring that runs from the electrical cabinet in the cab to the rear locomotive's rear end travels through a series of metal conduits which are located under the fireman's side walkway. I needed to figure out which conduit went to the battery boxes and main switch so I removed the first floor panel behind the engineer's door. Much to my dismay, I found that the channel in which the conduits lay is full of crap and corrosion. In fact, at least one of the conduits is rotted completely tthrough on its top surface. More exploratory work will have to be done in this area. I also removed the rearmost panel on the same side and found that all 8 of the conduits run all the way from the front to the rear. The markings on the bottom of the rear plate leave something of a mystery as there are only 6 plates on that side so "L8" cannot mean "Left 8". We later learned that "L8" means "Lok 8" as the 9010 was the 8th production locomotive. The number 6 indicates the sixth plate.
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