On a fine October afternoon in 1965, Missouri Pacific GP7’s 186 and 221, both dressed in the classic blue and gray Eagle passenger scheme, hustle15 cars and a caboose east from Herrington, Kansas, on the road’s Kansas City-Pueblo line. After Union Pacific acquires the MoP in 1982, the Colorado line will become redundant, surviving only in fragments, and these tracks will be torn up in 1994-1995. Missouri Pacific liked the GP7 when it appeared in EMD’s catalog in 1947, and bought 272 of the 1,500-hp units, more than any other locomotive model on its roster; none will survive to wear UP’s armour yellow.
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just heritage schemes, not just commemorative schemes - this album is devoted to some of the world's most interesting paint schemes, past or present.
