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Slug Set |
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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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MP 1520(SW1500) MP 1417(Yard Slug) MP 1418(Yard Slug) MP 1518(SW1500) |
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| Title: |
MP 1518--UP Colors |
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| Photo Date: |
12/18/1985 Upload Date: 12/20/2009 4:26:21 PM |
| Location: |
Dolton, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Golden |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 1518(SW1500) |
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| Title: |
MP 1518 and 1659 Southbound |
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| Photo Date: |
6/14/1986 Upload Date: 12/31/2010 1:20:57 PM |
| Location: |
Dolton, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Golden |
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MP 1518(SW1500) MP 1659(GP15-1) |
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| Title: |
MP 1519 |
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The Missouri Pacific only owned four SW1500's and all of them began their careers in the New Orleans area. Here is the 1519 at the west end of Race Street Yard, with the orange transit shed of the Orange Street Wharf and a ship on the Mississippi River as a backdrop. |
| Photo Date: |
7/28/1974 Upload Date: 12/23/2009 9:20:38 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1519(SW1500) |
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| Title: |
MP 1519 |
| Description: |
The MP only owned four SW1500's - 1518-1521 - and they were initially used in the New Orleans area. |
| Photo Date: |
12/27/1978 Upload Date: 2/16/2009 2:10:09 AM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Todd Minsk |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1519(SW1500) |
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| Title: |
MP 1519 |
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The MP only owned four SW1500's - 1518-1521 - and they were initially used in the New Orleans area. Here is the 1519 parked next to the Mississippi River levee outside the yard office at Westwego, across the river from New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
12/28/1980 Upload Date: 2/16/2009 2:05:19 AM |
| Location: |
Westwego, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1519(SW1500) |
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| Title: |
MP Race Street Yard |
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Ten years before the Missouri Pacific's RACE STREET YARD in New Orleans was closed and removed, it was still busy enough for two switch engines. Here were 18-month-old SW1500 1520 and 22-year-old SW8 8000 awaiting their next assignments. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1974 Upload Date: 5/5/2017 10:34:23 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1520(SW1500) MP 8000(SW8) |
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875 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP SW1500 1521 |
| Description: |
Missouri Pacific SW1500 1521 was parked between assignments at the railroad's Race Street Yard in New Orleans. (approximate date) |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1971 Upload Date: 12/5/2016 5:17:43 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
James H. Selzer, Jr. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1521(SW1500) |
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846 Comments: 0 |
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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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1942 Comments: 1 |
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