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Jerry
Glad you’re enjoying the blog. In doing research for the GP12s I’d emailed Kevin Eudaly to see what he had as documentation (looking for some overhead shots) and told him about the project. He said when I got finished let him know and he’d turn it into an article. I now have the Bagnell branch where I can run it in 1954 and flip to the modern Mopac just by changing the paperwork, vehicles and rolling stock. I’d seen the GP-12s working in Neff yard and at Jefferson City so always thought they were unique MP locomotives and seeing them at JC just meant they’d be used on the branch if it still existed.
Finding photos of the M-I RS-3 conversions with the phase I carbody made it doable plus Bachmann bringing out an RS-3 with DCC and sound for $100. If I messed it up I wasn’t out a whole lot of money. They certainly were the ‘ugly ducklings’ on the Mop roster.
