Losing a piece of Air Force history: 1864 is scrapped. Allied Metals employee Jose Alvino lifts his oxygen-propane torch to inspect a cut on U.S. Air Force S12 Switcher 1864 Dec. 2 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Cutting the metal allows for big sections of the locomotive to be removed for transport. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alex R. Lloyd)

May 24, 2007 · In a consisit (two or more locomotives working together) with USAF SW8 2000, 1864 moves a flatcar loaded with a Peacekeeper Stage IV Emplacement Container in the MAMS II area of Hill Air Force...

This is an Air Force Publicity photo that was given to me many years ago by a friend that worked at Tinker. When I worked for the Rock Island in OKC, I remember seeing this unit DIT in the train of a Santa Fe Local which ran over Rock Island tracks.

Losing a piece of Air Force history: 1864 is scrapped. Randy Davis, Allied Metals truck operator, maneuvers U.S. Air Force S12 Switcher 1864’s prime mover (diesel engine) onto the bed of his truck as crane operator Chad McCloy, Nelson Intermountain Cranes, slowly lowers the 20,000 pound engine Dec. 3 at Hill Air Force Base.

US Air Force Photographic Roster : Reporting Marks: USAF Showing Locomotive model S12 : Click on a locomotive to view pictures

Title: USAF 1864 BEING SOLD OFF REPORTING MARKS REMOVED : Description: Photo Date: 8/15/2014 Upload Date: 11/16/2014 8:51:17 AM : Location: Ogden, UT : Author: JIM ...

Originally designated 65-00374, the 1200-horsepower S12 switcher was built in 1952 by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Locomotive Works for the U.S. Navy. In 1961, 65-00374 was renumbered “USAF 1864” and...

Events from the year 1864 in the United States. January – Long Walk of the Navajo: Bands of Navajo led by the U.S. Army are relocated from their traditional lands in eastern Arizona Territory and western New Mexico Territory to Fort Sumner in the Pecos River valley.

The Confederate Conscription Acts, 1862 to 1864, were a series of measures taken by the Confederate government to procure the manpower needed to fight the American Civil War. The First Conscription Act, passed April 16, 1862, made any white male between 18 and 35 years old liable to three years of military service.

Sep 13, 2010 · I am looking for any info on a Baldwin S-12,unit numbers 1863 and 1864. Specifically, I would like the info from the Builders plates. I know these units were originally purchased for the navy but transferred to the Air Force.