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Question about a Missouri Pacific EMC switcher

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Posted by 16-567D3A on Sunday, March 29, 2015 3:30 AM

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Question about a Missouri Pacific EMC switcher
Posted by Leo_Ames on Saturday, March 28, 2015 10:02 PM

Just came across a picture of a repowered Mopac switcher, numbered 1023, which was taken in 1962. What's odd here is that her long hood is high.

Is she one of the rare examples of a La Grange locomotive that was repowered with a competitor's power plant, prior to their effort to go all EMD in the 1960's?

If not, why did they do this if they just installed a 567 in place of her original Winton? Never seen that on any other Winton engined switcher that got repowered. 

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