CRIP 1504         
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)
Date: 8/15/1985 Location: Kingfisher, OK   Map Show Kingfisher on a rail map Views: 880 Collection Of:   Charles Stookey
Locomotives: CRIP 1504(GP7)    Author:  Charles Stookey
CRIP 1504
Picture Categories: Action This picture is part of album:  CRIP in Oklahoma -- post shutdown cleanup with 1504
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Name Type Comments Date
Fred Stuckmann General How heart breaking it must've been for these men to pull their jobs up behind them. 12/7/2012 7:37:50 AM
Fred Stuckmann General Great album btw. 12/7/2012 7:38:33 AM
Ken Roble General I have a VHS copy of the "Rock Island: Final Days" and it shows where the 1504 had hit a gravel truck and could not be used in the lead so they got an ex-NYC GP7 to help out. 12/7/2012 10:48:23 PM
Chris S General Great photo! 12/8/2012 8:17:16 PM
Bernie Feltman General Fascinating paint scheme, Charles ! 12/24/2012 9:42:50 PM
John Mallory General The ex-NYC GP7 Mr.Roble speaks of may have been former North Central Texas 1502 that eventually worked its way up north to the Chicago region for Trustee operations. 1/19/2013 9:16:12 PM

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