MP 3027

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Ron Moraca	General	Marvelous look-down photo, Jerry!!!!!!!! Originally MP #727, #31577. Became MP #3027. Retired by UP 5 Jun 91. Unit history: #1 - MP SD40 #727. #2 - MP #3027. #3 - SP SD40M-2 #8658. #4 - UP #4684. #5 - UP #2734. Detailed history: Leased to NdeM from November 1989 to June 1991. Stored unserviceable at Ft. Worth, TX. Sold to NRE on 9 Oct 1991. Sold to MK in January 1994. Rebuilt to SD40M-2 by MK Rail, Mountaintop, PA, and completed as SP #8658 on 3 October 1994 (assigned UP #4684). Renumbered UP #2734 on 4 December 2003.	9/11/2009 10:17:43 PM

Earl Hampton	General	Right now the train is on the SOUTH main, which is on the NORTH side (used to confuse the heck out of me at NE Tower) and is going thru Schwegmann's Crossovers. It is still referred to as that name today, even tho the grocery closed about 20 years ago. Great shot, Jerry. Hey did you watch out for spears here?	8/17/2010 11:42:14 AM

Jerry Sires	General	Schwegmanns receiving parking lot is to the right of the image. No spears were thrown. I use to carry a portable scanner turned into the NOPD 1st District who got lots of radio traffic. I carried it in my shirt pocket and when I was suspecious of someone I would act like I was talking to someone and watch them look around as to who I was talking to. I never had any incidents in the Ninth Ward in all my years of shooting in the area.	8/18/2010 6:14:33 AM

MP 3027
A pair of MP SD40's approach the Industrial Canal bridge in New Orleans and will arrive at the Family Lines (CSX) Gentilly Yard moments later.
Date: 3/6/1983	Location: New Orleans, LA Map	Views: 754	Collection Of: Jerry Sires
Locomotives: MP 3027(SD40)			Author: Jerry Sires

Picture Categories: Action		This picture is part of album: Missouri Pacific

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