MP GP7 #332

: North Little Rock, AR summer, 1971

At MP's North Little Rock Shop, found this a little damaged locomotive.
This is MP GP7 #332 with "torpedo tubes". MP #332 was built in 1950 as MP #4147. Her second number was #300. #332 was her 3rd number. Her last MP number was #1750.

EMD GP7 was built between 1949 and 1952 with 1500hp prime mover. 2610 units were sold in United States.

This photo was first appeared in my "vague image" column.

The another fuzzy photo below represents eastbound MP train crossing Mill Creek at Russellville, AR.

: Russellville, AR summer, 1971


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上の写真は、アーカンソー州Little RockにあったMPの工場で撮った、MPのGP7である。事故にあったのか、デッキが少々破損している。撮影場所をGoogleで見ようとしたら、UPのDDA40Xがドンと鎮座していた。

下の写真は、アーカンソー州Russellvilleの近くで撮った、MPの列車である。