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| Title: |
SP 2702 and 2703 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific 2702 and 2703 were the first MP15AC units ever built, placed in service on 27 August 1975. Here they were three months later, interchanging cars with the Illinois Central Gulf at the Espee's EAST BRIDGE YARD, next to the east end of the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE. The headlight in the distance was a Southern Railway geep making a delivery to the Missouri Pacific in the New Orleans Public Belt's EAST BRIDGE YARD, just off to the right. |
| Photo Date: |
11/29/1975 Upload Date: 4/17/2018 6:13:40 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2702(MP15AC) SP 2703(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1071 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Not UP, not yet anyway |
| Description: |
SP still was a going operation in 1984, and there was no hint that they would eventually be swallowed by the UP. The stillborn merger attempt with Santa Fe was still ahead at this stage. Funny how things turn out. |
| Photo Date: |
3/10/1984 Upload Date: 5/24/2014 1:52:16 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2702(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
531 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 2703 |
| Description: |
A pair of MP15AC's, lead a flatcar with some APC's two hoppers and a SP caboose headed east over the Huey P. Long Bridge. This is way before the Elmwood Medical Center was built and I was standing in a vacant field that will become a large stripmall shopping area today. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/1982 Upload Date: 12/15/2012 9:14:44 PM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Jerry Sires |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2703(MP15AC) SP 2705(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
656 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Transfer Run |
| Description: |
At 6:15 on a midsummer evening, the engineer on Southern Pacific MP15AC 2704 was easing back to pick up his caboose - Cotton Belt 60 - in the New Orleans Public Belt's COTTON WAREHOUSE YARD. The caboose was still coupled to the 19-car transfer run he had just brought over from his railroad's AVONDALE YARD, at the west end of the HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE; and he was now coupling up so he could return home with this 12-car train. The two tracks on the left were the Illinois Central Gulf's north- and southbound main lines; while the structure on the left was the PUBLIC GRAIN ELEVATOR, facing the Mississippi River. Notice the stored NOPB box cars on the right and in the left background. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1983 Upload Date: 1/24/2017 6:00:20 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2704(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
610 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Bridge Meet |
| Description: |
For many years, both the MP and the SP weren't particular about the power they used for transfer runs across the Huey P. Long Bridge... almost any old units would do. But in 1975, both railroads assigned brand new EMD switchers to yard and transfer service around New Orleans. Here, 2-month old SP MP15AC's 2705 and 2706 on an eastbound transfer run meet 8-month old MP MP15DC 1549 -- along with GP18 1963, MP15DC 1551 and GP38-2's 2060 and 2075 -- on a westbound grain train. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/1975 Upload Date: 11/26/2009 11:50:16 AM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2706(MP15AC) SP 2705(MP15AC) MP 1549(MP15DC) |
| Views: |
1602 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Westbound Coal Train (2) |
| Description: |
Southern Paacific MP15AC units 2713, 2705 and 2710 were shoving Southern Pacific cab 1846 and 94 cars of Illinois coal up the Huey P. Long Bridge. Up front were consecutively-numbered Cotton Belt SD45T-2's 9274 and 9273 along with Southern Pacific SD45 8827. The coal originated on the Illinois Central Gulf and was headed for Mexico. |
| Photo Date: |
2/8/1976 Upload Date: 8/17/2017 6:25:51 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2713(MP15AC) SP 2705(MP15AC) SP 2710(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1014 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP MP15AC 2709 |
| Description: |
SP MP15AC 2705 was tied up along 4th Street in Gretna while assigned to the branch between Avondale and Algiers. |
| Photo Date: |
11/9/1979 Upload Date: 8/6/2010 12:58:17 PM |
| Location: |
Gretna, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2705(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
2138 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP15AC |
| Description: |
MP15AC at San Antonio |
| Photo Date: |
3/23/1996 Upload Date: 2/9/2011 7:46:23 PM |
| Location: |
San Antonio, TX |
| Author: |
Larry Burk |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 2705(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1276 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2705 |
| Description: |
Photo was taken from Boarder Highway looking towards Mexico. /DL |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2000 Upload Date: 5/9/2012 11:14:41 PM |
| Location: |
El Paso, TX |
| Author: |
David Larrabee |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2705(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
594 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP MP15AC 2706 |
| Description: |
The Southern Pacific loved 1500-horsepower EMD switchers! After buying 240 SW1500's and 12 MP15DC's, the railroad was the first customer for the MP15AC. Between August and October 1975 SP received 58 units,!2702-2759, and the first dozen were assigned to Avondale Yard near New Orleans; although a few of these were used elsewhere across southern Louisiana. Although usually used in pairs and trios, here we see five of the new units -- 2706, 2709, 2708, 2702 and 2703 -- on a westbound transfer run approaching the Huey P. Long Bridge at Central Avenue. The locomotives are literally clean enough to eat off of! These would be the last switch engines purchased by the railroad. |
| Photo Date: |
11/2/1976 Upload Date: 6/5/2010 8:00:27 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2706(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
3555 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Southern Pacific |
| Description: |
2706 |
| Photo Date: |
5/19/1997 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 1:30:16 AM |
| Location: |
Bedford Park, IL |
| Author: |
Mikf Berka |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2706(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
430 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
UP/SP enginehouse |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
3/1/1998 Upload Date: 10/29/2010 7:12:35 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
G Gerard |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
HBT 36(SW1200) SP 2709(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
634 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP |
| Description: |
UP SD60M 2269 & SP MP15AC 2709 are sitting at UP'S Yard in Houston, Tx. awaiting their next assignment |
| Photo Date: |
5/24/2001 Upload Date: 7/19/2005 8:38:01 PM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
william davis |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 2269(SD60M) SP 2709(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
825 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SP MP15AC 2710 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific MP15AC 2710 -along with the 2704 - and Cotton Belt caboose 60 were in the New Orleans Public Belt's COTTON WAREHOUSE YARD. They had just arrived with a transfer run from the Espee's AVONDALE YARD on the west side of the Mississippi River, and were preparing to return with a westbound train. All of those orange box cars and intermodal cars were unwanted NOPB incentive per diem cars. In this view, the river is just off to the right, and the water tower on the right of SP 2710 was in the Illinois Central Gulf's STUYVESANT DOCKS YARD. The silos on the right were a part of the port's Public Grain Elevator, which was right along the Mississippi. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1983 Upload Date: 3/27/2018 12:53:28 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2710(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
681 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2711 |
| Description: |
A switch engine rests in front of the Espee's office in Gretna, Louisiana. The track running along the street was the railroad's mainline to Milepost 0 in Algiers until the opening of the Huey P. Long Bridge in December 1935. |
| Photo Date: |
12/28/1980 Upload Date: 7/4/2007 11:17:52 PM |
| Location: |
Gretna, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Track |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2711(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1229 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2711 |
| Description: |
Nn a transfer run through downtown Dallas on a cloudy spring day. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1996 Upload Date: 12/13/2011 3:47:01 PM |
| Location: |
Dallas, TX |
| Author: |
Roberto Alaniz |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2711(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1300 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2711 |
| Description: |
A transfer run from Miller Yard chugs past Dallas Convention Center on a cloudy spring day. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1996 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 9:29:50 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Worth, TX |
| Author: |
Roberto Alaniz |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2711(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
347 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 2712 |
| Description: |
The SP local heads back to Avondale as it crosses over the Harvey Canal. |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/1984 Upload Date: 12/11/2012 11:31:15 PM |
| Location: |
Harvey, LA |
| Author: |
Jerry Sires |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2712(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
707 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2712 |
| Description: |
Flat switching in Broadway Yard and in dire need of fresh paint. |
| Photo Date: |
11/11/1995 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 10:12:57 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Worth, TX |
| Author: |
Roberto Alaniz |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2712(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1495 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP MP15AC 2713 |
| Description: |
A pair of Espee MP15AC's lead a westbound transfer run around the West Low Curve of the Huey P. Long Bridge, en route from an eastern connection to the railroad's Avondale Yard. The photo was taken from the bridge patrolman's motorcar. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1977 Upload Date: 9/1/2010 4:48:21 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2713(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1957 Comments: 6 |
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| Title: |
SP 2713 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
1/1/1993 Upload Date: 10/23/2007 11:00:28 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Tim Zatto |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 2713(MP15AC) SP 2685(SW1500) |
| Views: |
797 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2713 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/2/1997 Upload Date: 1/19/2013 7:09:33 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Bob Carter |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2713(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
397 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2753 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/2/1997 Upload Date: 1/19/2013 7:08:33 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Bob Carter |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2713(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
394 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2714 |
| Description: |
A worn out MP15AC flat switches in Miller Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
9/9/1994 Upload Date: 12/15/2011 2:29:07 AM |
| Location: |
Dallas, TX |
| Author: |
Roberto Alaniz |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2714(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1441 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP #2715 |
| Description: |
Scanned from a print I took. Taken at the SP yard in K.C., Kansas. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1987 Upload Date: 5/26/2023 2:30:25 PM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, KS |
| Author: |
Rich Varner |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2715(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
80 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2715 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
9/24/2000 Upload Date: 11/8/2005 5:45:59 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Nathan D Holmes |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
SP 2715(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1167 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2716-2745 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/7/1984 Upload Date: 9/11/2012 6:33:59 PM |
| Location: |
Kansas City West Bot, MO |
| Author: |
S.L. Dixon |
| Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2716(MP15AC) SP 2745(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
441 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2716-2745 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/7/1984 Upload Date: 9/11/2012 6:34:39 PM |
| Location: |
Kansas City West Bot, MO |
| Author: |
S.L. Dixon |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2745(MP15AC) SP 2716(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
452 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 2716 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/7/1984 Upload Date: 9/11/2012 6:33:05 PM |
| Location: |
Kansas City West Bot, MO |
| Author: |
S.L. Dixon |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2716(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
478 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 2716 |
| Description: |
Still has the full SP light package. Date not approx. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1995 Upload Date: 12/8/2010 10:16:38 PM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Roberto Alaniz |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2716(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1485 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2717 |
| Description: |
Built in 1975, this unit now works as UPY 1446. The tracks this unit is resting on is now operated by Dallas, Garland & Northeastern. |
| Photo Date: |
7/27/1995 Upload Date: 4/24/2012 8:29:48 PM |
| Location: |
Carrollton, TX |
| Author: |
Roberto Alaniz |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2717(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
376 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 15AC 2718 |
| Description: |
MP 15AC 2718 Early 1990s |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1992 Upload Date: 10/22/2004 11:29:00 PM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Keith Belk |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 2718(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1645 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 2718 |
| Description: |
Parked in Broadway Yard for the holiday. Can anyone tell me what the hood ornament looking device is attached to the front of 2718? Note this unit still displays the full light package. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/1995 Upload Date: 12/6/2011 5:37:26 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Worth, TX |
| Author: |
Roberto Alaniz |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2718(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
660 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2718 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
9/16/2004 Upload Date: 1/29/2009 4:22:04 AM |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Author: |
Tom Fassett |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 2718(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
740 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP switcher, notice the off-set headlight |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/26/1996 Upload Date: 2/19/2003 1:13:05 AM |
| Location: |
Little Rock, AR |
| Author: |
Ken Roble |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 2719(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
2057 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 2720 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
10/6/1996 Upload Date: 1/25/2012 6:01:54 PM |
| Location: |
Tucson, AZ |
| Author: |
Craig Walker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2720(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
2255 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
UP |
| Description: |
UP Yard Switcher switching out some freight at Houston, Tx. |
| Photo Date: |
5/24/2001 Upload Date: 7/19/2005 8:10:35 PM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
william davis |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
SP 2722(MP15AC) SP 2748(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1605 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 2723 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
6/2/1976 Upload Date: 4/16/2018 8:36:43 PM |
| Location: |
Lewisville, TX |
| Author: |
John Walker |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2723(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
424 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2527 |
| Description: |
from a negative,Outside the E. St. Louis diesel shop |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1979 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 5:54:13 PM |
| Location: |
East Saint Louis, IL |
| Author: |
Daniel Schroeder |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2725(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
536 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP Power |
| Description: |
SP's BTASQ with a new Dash 9-44CW passes by the hump job at SP's Beaumont Yd. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1994 Upload Date: 4/29/2008 5:07:41 PM |
| Location: |
Beaumont, TX |
| Author: |
Doug Wooten |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8184(C44-9W) SP 2725(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1467 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 2725 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/10/2001 Upload Date: 1/5/2015 3:36:19 PM |
| Location: |
Dupo, IL |
| Author: |
Paul Bender |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2725(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
390 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SSW 7785 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/10/2001 Upload Date: 1/5/2015 3:36:20 PM |
| Location: |
Dupo, IL |
| Author: |
Paul Bender |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SSW 7785(B30-7) SP 2725(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
596 Comments: 0 |
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 SP 2726 (MP15AC)Shunting Settegast, Tx 3Apr98.jpg)
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| Title: |
UP 1386 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/3/1998 Upload Date: 6/19/2021 3:26:37 AM |
| Location: |
Settegast, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Coles |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
UP 1386(MP15DC) SP 2726(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
116 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP |
| Description: |
UP Yard Swftcher switching out some freight at Houston, Tx. |
| Photo Date: |
5/24/2001 Upload Date: 7/19/2005 8:22:21 PM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
william davis |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
UPY 1482(MP15AC) SP 2727(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1517 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 2728 |
| Description: |
SP Job No. 604 works the branch along the Harvey Canal. The crew stops at milepost 3 for lunch. |
| Photo Date: |
6/27/1995 Upload Date: 1/16/2017 9:47:47 PM |
| Location: |
Harvey, LA |
| Author: |
Christopher Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2728(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
462 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 2728 on Job 604 |
| Description: |
SP Job No. 604 works the branch along the Harvey Canal. The crew stops at milepost 3 for lunch. |
| Photo Date: |
6/27/1995 Upload Date: 1/7/2017 11:05:35 PM |
| Location: |
Harvey, LA |
| Author: |
Christopher Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2728(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
779 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP 2728 on Job 604 |
| Description: |
SP Job No. 604 works the branch along the Harvey Canal. The crew stops at milepost 3 for lunch. |
| Photo Date: |
6/27/1995 Upload Date: 1/8/2017 6:36:21 PM |
| Location: |
Harvey, LA |
| Author: |
Christopher Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2728(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
533 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2728 |
| Description: |
SP Engineer Roger Burrows - Job 604 |
| Photo Date: |
6/27/1995 Upload Date: 1/8/2017 7:37:55 PM |
| Location: |
Harvey, LA |
| Author: |
Christopher Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2728(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
368 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP 2728 on Job 604 |
| Description: |
Looking southward from the cab of SP MP15AC 2728 at MP 3 on the Harvey Canal Branch. |
| Photo Date: |
6/27/1995 Upload Date: 1/8/2017 8:49:46 PM |
| Location: |
Harvey, LA |
| Author: |
Christopher Palmieri |
| Categories: |
InCab,Track |
| Locomotives: |
SP 2728(MP15AC) |
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