Nostalgia & History > few Friday Flares . . .

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top: MRL flare sitting in Santa Fe's Los Angeles area Hobart yard 11-98.
middle: Southern run through power sits at B&O's Toledo, OH engine facility 8-72.
bottom: A flare leads SP's eastbound Bay Area to Los Angeles BALAF along the foggy coast near Gaviota, CA 10-90.
JB

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All nice shots, I really miss the class lights like the ones on the Southern unit...

James Nelson
Thornton, CO
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Fine looking Flares they are JB, thanks for sharing.

Kent in CArmel Valley

Am I the only one that noticed the "SD45-2" stencil on the MRL engine?  Did they really, and how many, rebuild
SD45's to Dash 2 standards?  I hadn't heard of that before.  

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

The bottom picture of the SP 7479 is a Dash-2.  The SP rebuilt 167 of their SD45s (7400-7566) into SD45-2s at Sacramento during the GRIP (General Rehabilitation and Improvement Program) during the mid seventies and into the early eighties.
In the cab, and looking at the electrical compartments, you couldn't tell them from a brand new -2.  The only giveaways were the flares and the flexicoil trucks.
The MRL unit has flares and flexicoil trucks, but if it is former SP, the nose has been replaced.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/09/15 09:08 by ExSPCondr.

ExSPCondr Wrote:
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> The MRL unit has flares and flexicoil trucks, but
> if it is former SP, the nose has been replaced.

The MRL unit is ex-SP. You can tell by the GRIP battery box door and split doors under the cab.

MP555 Wrote:
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> ExSPCondr Wrote:
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> > The MRL unit has flares and flexicoil trucks,
> but
> > if it is former SP, the nose has been replaced.

Filled in... I would presume, is probably more accurate

> The MRL unit is ex-SP. You can tell by the GRIP
> battery box door and split doors under the cab.

Also, the two louvers on the front of the dynamic brake housing; another GRIP modification.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/10/15 00:09 by mwbridgwater.

Nice stuff! I'm sure I've operated the 322 in your #1 a few times...

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