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SW8 #21
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#21 is an SW8 built in 1953 for the Southern Pacific Railroad as their #1115. She came to Yreka some years later as our #21. She is a very unique locmotive has it has dynamic brakes, very rare for a switching locomotive. The 21 handles the majority of any freight work and occasionally pulls excursion trains.

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Back in the SP days.

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