MP 3221, Texarkana, AR
Missouri Pacific train DFZ (Dupo-Ft. Worth) for a while carried the Tennessee Eastman tanks between North Little Rock and Longview as , I'm guessing, the MF (Memphis - FTWR) train wasn't processed thru NLRK in a timely manner. The MF was the Southern Railway run thru that carried the Eastman tanks that originated in Kingsport, TN destined the Texas Eastman plant at Longview, TX.
In this post merger view is UP 5, one of 20 SD45's pulled from storage at Yermo in early 1984 and assigned to the MP, but reliability issues sidelined some of them by the end of 1984 for good. 10 were reassigned as pairs in hump service at NLRK, KCMO, and FTWR but that ended in 1986. For an excellent writeup of UP SD45's go here: utahrails.net/articles/up-sd45s.php
9-17-1984
MP 3221, Texarkana, AR
Missouri Pacific train DFZ (Dupo-Ft. Worth) for a while carried the Tennessee Eastman tanks between North Little Rock and Longview as , I'm guessing, the MF (Memphis - FTWR) train wasn't processed thru NLRK in a timely manner. The MF was the Southern Railway run thru that carried the Eastman tanks that originated in Kingsport, TN destined the Texas Eastman plant at Longview, TX.
In this post merger view is UP 5, one of 20 SD45's pulled from storage at Yermo in early 1984 and assigned to the MP, but reliability issues sidelined some of them by the end of 1984 for good. 10 were reassigned as pairs in hump service at NLRK, KCMO, and FTWR but that ended in 1986. For an excellent writeup of UP SD45's go here: utahrails.net/articles/up-sd45s.php
9-17-1984