MV-KO&G-OCAA
GP7s
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
MV GP7 #151 returns from switching Wortz's Biscuit, 4/4/57. |
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Mike Condren Photo |
Midland Valley GP-7 #151 is southbound on the Frisco
crossing the Missouri Pacific at SF Jct. |
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Mike Condren Photo |
MV GP7 #151 in Ft. Smith, 7/62 |
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Mike Condren Photo |
MV GP7 #151 in Ft. Smith, 3/9/63 |
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Contributed by H.E.Huber |
Remains of MV GP7 #152 following "corn
field meet" with #153 at Bokoshe, OK in '58. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
Second MV #152 is seen here at Ft. Smith soon after it arrived from EMD as a replacement for the first 152 destroyed at Bokoshe, OK, 5/58. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
The head brakeman on MV GP7 #152 prepares to open the gate to cross the KCS at Panama, OK, 8/60 |
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Mike Condren Photo |
MV GP9m #152 is one of 4 MV diesels. It is one of the
replacement units for the 2 original GP7s that were destroyed in the
1958 "corn field meet" at Bokoshe, OK. The unit is rated at
1500hp due the reuse of some of the original GP7 components. |
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Mike Condren Photo |
| MV GP9m #152 is seen in the Ft. Smith yard on Sept. 13, 1962. |
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Mike Condren Photo |
MV GP9m #152 heads south on the Frisco near Pheonix
Ave. on Sept. 13, 1962,
note the white metallic flags on the nose of the unit. |
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Mike Condren Photo |
| Muskogee, OK Shopton 1961 |
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Mike Condren Photo |
| Ft. Smith, AR 1961 |
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Mike Condren Photo |
| This MV shot at Panama, OK was taken in Aug. '62 and shows the engineer, my Uncle Richard Skinner, standing at the end of the unit. Muskogee Road geeps were dual control. Note that the gate is turned against the KCS main line and the back of the joint station. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
Midland Valley #152 and #154 are on the Greenwood
Branch serving Johnson #2 mine, 8/6/60. |
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Louis A. Marre Collection |
| Johnson #2 mine at Excelsior, AR on the Greenwood Branch was set up for empty cars to be uncoupled on an elected track on the east end of the tipple. Cars were then allowed to roll by gravity to which ever track needed. |
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Mike Condren Photo |
| MV # 154 & 152 are seen in Ft. Smith in the spring of 1962. |
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