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MP 1401-1545 |
| Description: |
Yard slugs were never very common on the MP in the New Orleans area, but they did show up occasionally. Here is 3-month-old 1401, mated with MP15DC 1545 at AVONDALE YARD This slug was previously MP SW8 8003, and originally T&P 814; so it had spent almost all of its life in southern Louisiana! |
| Photo Date: |
6/29/1979 Upload Date: 2/16/2009 1:57:45 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1401(Yard Slug) |
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1293 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 3527 |
| Description: |
MP 3527 waits at the enginehouse at lunchtime |
| Photo Date: |
3/14/1986 Upload Date: 7/13/2016 10:50:26 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Louis, MO |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Station |
| Locomotives: |
MP 3527(GP50) MP 4802(B30-7A) MP 1543(MP15DC) MP 1403(Yard Slug) |
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629 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 1403 |
| Description: |
MP 1403, a slug |
| Photo Date: |
3/14/1986 Upload Date: 11/20/2014 9:04:30 PM |
| Location: |
St. Louis, MO |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1403(Yard Slug) MP 4602(B23-7) |
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554 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 1405 Slug |
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| Photo Date: |
6/28/1981 Upload Date: 8/12/2008 7:18:33 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Worth, TX |
| Author: |
Nick Johnson |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 1405(Yard Slug) |
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612 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP #1408 |
| Description: |
Scanned from a print taken by my friend Wes Rupe. |
| Photo Date: |
10/31/1981 Upload Date: 2/16/2023 10:10:11 PM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Rich Varner |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1408(Yard Slug) |
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118 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 1408 |
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| Photo Date: |
1/1/1984 Upload Date: 7/16/2006 8:36:44 AM |
| Location: |
Fort Worth, TX |
| Author: |
Jay Glenewinkel |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 1408(Yard Slug) |
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740 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MP #1408 |
| Description: |
Scanned from a print I took. Setting at the UP engine terminal in K.C., Ks. |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1988 Upload Date: 2/16/2023 10:07:51 PM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, KS |
| Author: |
Rich Varner |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1408(Yard Slug) |
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124 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 1536 |
| Description: |
MP 1536 was later UP/UPY 1336. Yard slug 1411 was rebuilt 12/80 from MP SW7 1210. It later became UP S20, and was then rebuilt to CCRCL control unit UPY 101. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1981 Upload Date: 12/3/2009 8:04:40 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Louis, MO |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 1536(MP15DC) MP 1411(Yard Slug) |
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852 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MP 1413 |
| Description: |
exact date unknown / location uncertain |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1982 Upload Date: 9/3/2013 10:06:15 AM |
| Location: |
Dolton, IL |
| Author: |
Tim Vermande |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 1413(Yard Slug) |
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274 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 1539 and 1413 |
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| Photo Date: |
5/3/1982 Upload Date: 4/11/2009 10:06:03 PM |
| Location: |
Dolton, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Golden |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 1413(Yard Slug) MP 1539(MP15DC) |
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620 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 1538 and 1414 on a Transfer |
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| Photo Date: |
8/16/1984 Upload Date: 11/30/2009 5:29:18 PM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Bob Zwiers |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 1538(MP15DC) MP 1414(Yard Slug) |
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642 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Slug Set |
| Description: |
The MP only had four SW1500's, and they spent their early years in the New Orleans area. When they were shopped and repainted in late 1981, they were also wired to operate with slugs; and three of them (1518, 1520, 1521) returned in October with brand-new slugs 1417-1419. In this view on a ready track at Avondale Yard, 1520, 1417, 1418 and 1518 wait between assignments. Their jobs included deliveries to other railroads at the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge, pushing trains over the bridge, and transfer runs across the bridge to the MP's Race Street Yard -- a 17 mile trip. A set like this could pull a very heavy train across the bridge, with its 1.25% grades; but they were VERY, VERY slow. Before long, all of the slug sets were being used individually as yard power; mostly at Avondale, but occasionally at Race Street. They left in July 1982 and never returned! |
| Photo Date: |
11/22/1981 Upload Date: 2/16/2009 10:02:57 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 1520(SW1500) MP 1417(Yard Slug) MP 1418(Yard Slug) MP 1518(SW1500) |
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2571 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP Ya}d Slug 1417 |
| Description: |
Going Nothere Fast at Avondale Yard. (date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1981 Upload Date: 6/6/2010 10:45:36 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1417(Yard Slug) |
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726 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MP 1521 and Slug 1420 |
| Description: |
From Purchased Slide Collection |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1983 Upload Date: 7/16/2006 9:01:35 AM |
| Location: |
Fort Worth, TX |
| Author: |
Jay Glenewinkel |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 1521(SW1500) MP 1420(Yard Slug) |
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1951 Comments: 1 |
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