Mopac locomotive 1252

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  • April 1, 2017 at 8:24 pm #5898
    madonnasuffolk30
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    I’m organizing my Mopac locomotive photo files and I am trying to place Mopac switcher 1252. It is not listed in the 1976 Locomotive diagrams, but I did see it in the 1972 summery of equipment. To add some confusion it was listed as a SW9, however there were two SW1200s 1253 and 1254 grouped with the SW9s so I’m not sure if 1252 is a SW9 or a SW1200. I believe the body is the same, but I like to list the locomotives as the railroad listed them. My copy of Kevin EuDaly’s MIssouri Pacific Diesel Power is on the other side of the world from me so I can’t look in there. Can someone look or let me know if Mopac 1252 is a SW9 or a SW1200. Thanks!

    Nate

    April 2, 2017 at 9:07 pm #8264
    mopac
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    Per MoPac diesel power, MP 1252 was a SW-9, built in4/51 as StLB&M as9190. Renumbered as 1252 and then 1216. It was retired in 2/85. There no SW-1200 numbered 1252. For whatever reason, SW-1200s #1200 & 1201 were renumbered to 1253 & 1254. Gene s.

    April 3, 2017 at 12:35 pm #8265
    madonnasuffolk30
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    Gene,

    Thank you for the information. Was there a SW9 1253 and 1254 prior to the renumbering of the two SW1200s?

    Nate

    April 3, 2017 at 8:06 pm #8267
    mopac
    Keymaster

    Yes, StLB&M 9191 became the first MP 1253 and B&N 10 became the first MP 1254

    September 3, 2018 at 6:44 pm #9010
    Robert Mangrum
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    Nate, do you have a photo of this loco? I built a model following photos of others (part of why I selected this toad number) and would be curious as to how close I was. My base model was a LL P2K SW7/9/1200 and did not have the extended range fuel tank. Since many of the MP SW1200s had these, I guessed at the appearance of this one. It’s in Jenks Blue as I guess it appeared in 1978. Thanks in advance!

    September 3, 2018 at 8:50 pm #9011
    madonnasuffolk30
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    Photo of 1252 in June 1974 at Houston, Tx.

    Nate

    September 4, 2018 at 11:48 am #7354
    peggyrothschild
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    there’s a light on top the cab, to be honest I don’t remember seeing these. Was this addition applied at only certain terminals?

    September 4, 2018 at 10:47 pm #7351
    princessclyne69
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    Some of my early Houston photos from 1975 show gumball machines on switchers, some don’t. None of my Ft. Worth photos show them.

    Admittedly a very small sample….

    RG7

    September 10, 2018 at 7:55 pm #9023
    Robert Mangrum
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    Nailed it! Just need to build the MU stands.. (Haven’t yet, but its been running!)
    Thank you!

    September 10, 2018 at 9:18 pm #9025
    Dennis Faircloth
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    I would like to know how you folks modeled the marker light brackets at the front corners of the hood. A distinctive feature of MP switchers.

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