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Charlie,
Not sure how many MV Geeps had that type of spark arrestor? But the Geep in the photo was originally a Phase II GP-7.
It was involved in a terrible collision at Bokoshe, OK in 1958 and had to be sent to EMD and was rebuilt into what you see here. MV#152 was also involved in the collision and was rebuilt as well. Both units remained at 1500 HP. The two remaining MV Geeps #151 and #154 stayed as built until the MP purchase of the Muskogee Roads. I have read somewhere, that all Muskogee Roads Geeps were ‘dual control”. I don’t know if that feature remained after the rebuild.
This unit, 153, had a different type of spark arrestor by 1962.
