GP 7 no. 333

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  • November 20, 2017 at 6:58 pm #6011
    bargetanika
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    It’s the November calendar photo, in 1970. I’m under the impression that this engine ran though an open swing bridge into Bayou Teche in 1968 and was scrapped afterward. Could someone please correct my knowledge?

    PF

    November 22, 2017 at 11:06 pm #8536
    madonnasuffolk30
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    Pat,

    According to “Missouri Pacific Diesel Power”, GP7 #333 was retired in 1980. It was renumbered at some point to 1783. I compared the photos of 333 and 1783 and it is the same engine.

    Are you referencing the accident that occurred when the T&P ran a train through an open drawbridge at Morley, LA around 1973?

    Nate

    November 23, 2017 at 2:05 am #8537
    Dennis Faircloth
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    Pat – your previous thread on the Bayou Teche incident says it was #133 that went into the drink. EuDaly’s diesel book shows a retirement guess of “1975-1979” which does not really offer any useful leads. Do you have any printed references (newspaper, etc.) to the Bayou Teche incident?

    The Morley bridge incident involved a GP35 and GP38. There is a previous thread on that one that diverged from Pat’s original thread.

    November 30, 2017 at 5:08 pm #8539
    bargetanika
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    Well, I’m 2/3 right with 133 vs 333. Time does things to the memory.

    I heard about the 133 bridge run-through via an article in The Daily Iberian newspaper. There was a picture of the 133 in the water with only the top tip of the hood and headlight above water . If someone can get the date of the accident, then a microfilm search of the paper the next day should yield it. I’m pretty sure it was in 1968 or 69.

    There is another photo of the 133 lifted out of the water by a crane , hoisted in the air and ready to be put on a barge. I saw that one online at some point, so maybe it’s stll around.

    December 1, 2017 at 10:31 pm #8542
    princessclyne69
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    Here’s the 333 in Wichita, January 74. By this time the boiler had been removed, but it had not had the nose chop like many of the 300s ex-passenger units.

    Ron Merrick

    [attachment=0:ge707449]165-31 Jan 74.tif[/attachment:ge707449]

    January 26, 2018 at 1:55 am #8615
    benjamintickell53
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    I am having trouble getting the TIF link to load… it does not appear to be active. Is anyone else having that trouble?

    Bill Pollard

    January 26, 2018 at 3:46 am #8616
    princessclyne69
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    So I see. I’m reposting it as a smaller jpg.

    [attachment=0:3oakw918]165-31 crop Jan 74.jpg[/attachment:3oakw918]

    If you’d like the original tif, I can send it to you.

    RG7

    January 27, 2018 at 2:00 pm #8618
    benjamintickell53
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    The jpg is great, thanks!
    Bill

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