MILWAUKEE ROAD EMD MP-15AC DIESEL #455 - BENSENVILLE, ILLINOIS - APRIL 22, 1978
We are back at Bensenville for "Switcher Sunday", where we find MP-15AC #455 hanging out next to the shop. Calling MP-15 switchers is kind of correct, but also problematic in one way. It was definitely EMD's final foray into building switchers, but they had kind of already crossed into making it a road unit, as EMD had turned the SW-1500 into a new low horsepower road unit with the MP-15. The Milwaukee purchased 64 of these units, which went on to become famous as "bandits" when they continued working for the Soo Line. The MP-15 series (both DC's and AC's) didn't catch on too widespread, but roads that purchased them in larger numbers (Milwaukee, MP, SP, SR, P&LE, C&NW, and LI) did put these things into rather extensive use on their systems.
MILWAUKEE ROAD EMD MP-15AC DIESEL #455 - BENSENVILLE, ILLINOIS - APRIL 22, 1978
We are back at Bensenville for "Switcher Sunday", where we find MP-15AC #455 hanging out next to the shop. Calling MP-15 switchers is kind of correct, but also problematic in one way. It was definitely EMD's final foray into building switchers, but they had kind of already crossed into making it a road unit, as EMD had turned the SW-1500 into a new low horsepower road unit with the MP-15. The Milwaukee purchased 64 of these units, which went on to become famous as "bandits" when they continued working for the Soo Line. The MP-15 series (both DC's and AC's) didn't catch on too widespread, but roads that purchased them in larger numbers (Milwaukee, MP, SP, SR, P&LE, C&NW, and LI) did put these things into rather extensive use on their systems.