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4/26/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Charles Stookey
Dates:8/15/1983 - 8/15/1985
Album Info:After the shutdown this GP7 worked out of El Reno with the job of cleaning up the rolling stock and anything else that needed doing.
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CRIP 1504
Title:  CRIP 1504
Description:  EL RENO OK August 15 1983 -- From the dark side. CRIP GP7 1504 sits at the ready in the El Reno shops area. The 1504 was built in May 1952 (s/n 16343) for Pittsburgh and Lake Erie as PLE 5716 and was renumbered PLE 1520. It was acquired by the Monongahela Railroad as MGA 1504. It was leased to the North Central Texas as NCTR 1504. After its return to the Monongahela it was leased to the Rock Island trustee as CRIP 1504 where it was used to clean up Rock Island property after the line's shutdown. It was wrecked and scrapped in late 1985. This unique paint scheme was said to be applied at the El Reno OK paint shop by the trustee's crew. (Roster information from http://www.thedieselshop.us/Monga.HTML
Photo Date:  8/15/1983  Upload Date: 1/21/2012 5:11:33 PM
Location:  El Reno, OK
Author:  Charles Stookey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CRIP 1504(GP7)
Views:  660   Comments: 0
CRIP 1504
Title:  CRIP 1504
Description:  EL RENO OK August 15 1983 -- CRIP GP7 1504 sits at the ready in the El Reno shops area. The 1504 was built in May 1952 (s/n 16343) for Pittsburgh and Lake Erie as PLE 5716 and was renumbered PLE 1520. It was acquired by the Monongahela Railroad as MGA 1504. It was leased to the North Central Texas as NCTR 1504. After its return to the Monongahela it was leased to the Rock Island trustee as CRIP 1504 where it was used to clean up Rock Island property after the line's shutdown. It was wrecked and scrapped in late 1985. This unique paint scheme was said to be applied at the El Reno OK paint shop by the trustee's crew. (Roster information from http://www.thedieselshop.us/Monga.HTML
Photo Date:  8/15/1983  Upload Date: 1/21/2012 5:13:17 PM
Location:  El Reno, OK
Author:  Charles Stookey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CRIP 1504(GP7)
Views:  764   Comments: 2
CRIP 1504
Title:  CRIP 1504
Description:  BISON OK Aug 15 1983 -- Rock Island GP7 1504 leads a hospital train of freight cars. Note the 55 mph speed limit sigan at far right center. The 1504 was built in May 1952 (s/n 16343) for Pittsburgh and Lake Erie as PLE 5716 and was renumbered PLE 1520. It was acquired by the Monongahela Railroad as MGA 1504. It was leased to the North Central Texas as NCTR 1504. After its return to the Monongahela it was leased to the Rock Island trustee as CRIP 1504 where it was used to clean up Rock Island property after the lines shutdown. It was wrecked and scrapped in late 1985. This unique paint scheme was said to be applied at the El Reno OK paint shop by the trustees crew. (Roster information from http://www.thedieselshop.us/Monga.HTML)
Photo Date:  8/15/1985  Upload Date: 12/7/2012 2:16:42 AM
Location:  Bison, OK
Author:  Charles Stookey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CRIP 1504(GP7)
Views:  1084   Comments: 2
CRIP 1504
Title:  CRIP 1504
Description:  BISON OK Aug 15 1983 -- Rock Island GP7 1504 leads a hospital train of freight cars at rest on a siding. Note the jointed rail. The 1504 was built in May 1952 (s/n 16343) for Pittsburgh and Lake Erie as PLE 5716 and was renumbered PLE 1520. It was acquired by the Monongahela Railroad as MGA 1504. It was leased to the North Central Texas as NCTR 1504. After its return to the Monongahela it was leased to the Rock Island trustee as CRIP 1504 where it was used to clean up Rock Island property after the lines shutdown. It was wrecked and scrapped in late 1985. This unique paint scheme was said to be applied at the El Reno OK paint shop by the trustees crew. (Roster information from http://www.thedieselshop.us/Monga.HTML)
Photo Date:  8/15/1985  Upload Date: 12/7/2012 2:15:20 AM
Location:  Bison, OK
Author:  Charles Stookey
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CRIP 1504(GP7)
Views:  581   Comments: 5
CRIP 1504
Title:  CRIP 1504
Description:  Concho OK Aug 15 1983 -- Rock Island GP7 1504 has has departed El Reno OK with a hospital train of freight cars. The sun angle is all wrong but the Rock was rapidly passing into history so what the heck. The 1504 was built in May 1952 (s/n 16343) for Pittsburgh and Lake Erie as PLE 5716 and was renumbered PLE 1520. It was acquired by the Monongahela Railroad as MGA 1504. It was leased to the North Central Texas as NCTR 1504. After its return to the Monongahela it was leased to the Rock Island trustee as CRIP 1504 where it was used to clean up Rock Island property after the lines shutdown. It was wrecked and scrapped in late 1985. This unique paint scheme was said to be applied at the El Reno OK paint shop by the trustees crew. (Roster information from http://www.thedieselshop.us/Monga.HTML)
Photo Date:  8/15/1985  Upload Date: 12/7/2012 2:14:03 AM
Location:  Concho, OK
Author:  Charles Stookey
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CRIP 1504(GP7)
Views:  443   Comments: 3
CRIP 1504
Title:  CRIP 1504
Description:  JACKS OK Aug 15 1983 -- Rock Island GP7 1504 rolls out of the sun past a dead signal on the north-south main south of Hennessey OK. The 1504 was built in May 1952 (s/n 16343) for Pittsburgh and Lake Erie as PLE 5716 and was renumbered PLE 1520. It was acquired by the Monongahela Railroad as MGA 1504. It was leased to the North Central Texas as NCTR 1504. After its return to the Monongahela it was leased to the Rock Island trustee as CRIP 1504 where it was used to clean up Rock Island property after the lines shutdown. It was wrecked and scrapped in late 1985. This unique paint scheme was said to be applied at the El Reno OK paint shop by the trustees crew. (Roster information from http://www.thedieselshop.us/Monga.HTML)
Photo Date:  8/15/1985  Upload Date: 12/7/2012 2:12:54 AM
Location:  Jacks, OK
Author:  Charles Stookey
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CRIP 1504(GP7)
Views:  448   Comments: 3
CRIP 1504
Title:  CRIP 1504
Description:  KINGFISHER OK Aug 15 1983 -- Rock Island GP7 1504 leads a hospital train of freight cars. The 1504 was built in May 1952 (s/n 16343) for Pittsburgh and Lake Erie as PLE 5716 and was renumbered PLE 1520. It was acquired by the Monongahela Railroad as MGA 1504. It was leased to the North Central Texas as NCTR 1504. After its return to the Monongahela it was leased to the Rock Island trustee as CRIP 1504 where it was used to clean up Rock Island property after the lines shutdown. It was wrecked and scrapped in late 1985. This unique paint scheme was said to be applied at the El Reno OK paint shop by the trustees crew. (Roster information from http://www.thedieselshop.us/Monga.HTML)
Photo Date:  8/15/1985  Upload Date: 12/7/2012 2:11:04 AM
Location:  Kingfisher, OK
Author:  Charles Stookey
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CRIP 1504(GP7)
Views:  881   Comments: 6


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