Photo of the Week 12/4/2017 – GP7 312

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  • December 4, 2017 at 1:01 pm #6017
    Dennis Faircloth
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    GP7 312 at an unknown location. Built in 1952, later rebuilt by MP as a GP7u with chopped nose and renumbered to 1763.

    [attachment=0:1vdff2af]MP312 Box6 Schmidtz R1-092.jpg[/attachment:1vdff2af]

    December 5, 2017 at 1:55 am #8550
    princessclyne69
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    That’s in the St. Louis coachyard.

    Three clues: the background building that says ‘DIXIE’, the Illinois Central baggage car, and last but not least, the tower of Union Station in the far background.

    Something else pretty interesting, is that this is one of the few Geeps I’ve ever seen that was repainted after 1956 with the lettering ‘MISSOURI PACIFIC’ with no ‘LINES’. Lots of F units were repainted this way, but not many Geeps. New Geeps ordered during this period also would not have had the ‘LINES’.

    Of course, it’s a passenger Geep.

    RG7

    December 11, 2017 at 10:39 pm #8558
    luisflierl26
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    YUP – SLUS tower

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