MP GP35M 2008  Contributor's Pick!       
An MP unit with a different history. Built as GP35 630 in 1965, rebuilt at Little Rock in 1973 without a turbocharger, becoming functionally a GP38, as MP 2007, then 2008, later 2600 when other of its type were similarly modified. It's shown in the ATSF yard in Clovis after delivering the overnight train from Ft Worth.
Date: 3/12/1975 Location: Clovis, NM   Map Show Clovis on a rail map Views: 956 Collection Of:   Rick Morgan
Locomotives: MP 2008(GP35m)    Author:  John Pouch
MP GP35M 2008
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Mark Carron General This locomotive never ran on the Mopac as 2007. Apparently that number was inserted into its number boards during its rebuild. There is a J. Harlen Wilson picture of this unit on page 9 of X2200 South, Issue 44 dated 3/26/74. The picture was taken before its rebuild was complete and it at that time it was numbered 2008. 6/3/2022 7:19:56 PM
Mark Carron General This locomotive never ran on the Mopac as 2007. Apparently that number was inserted into its number boards during its rebuild. There is a J. Harlen Wilson picture of this unit on page 9 of X2200 South, Issue 44 dated 3/26/74. The picture was taken before its rebuild was complete and it at that time it was numbered 2008. 6/3/2022 7:19:57 PM
Mark Carron General The above comment was apparently submitted (Twice???) before I completed and grammar checked it. Here is the remainder of my comment: Beside the internal changes to this unit, the obvious external changes were the switch to Blomberg M trucks (which were changed back to Blomberg B's when it went to the Kiamichi), the non-turbo exhaust stacks and the GP38 style radiator fans. This was the only MP GP35m that did not received paper air filters (Note: They were later added by the Kiamichi). The next 16 MP GP35m rebuilds were done from mid-1974 to mid-1978. They all retained their 2500 series numbers after the rebuilds and pictures of them as 2500's can be found on the internet. Most retained their Blomberg B trucks but all received paper air filters. Also, their GP35 fan layout was retained. All, including 2008, were renumbered (in numerical order) into the 2600 series in mid-1978, per a Mopac article in X2200, Issue 64, Page 8. Only one GP35 was rebuilt to a GP35m after that date. 6/3/2022 7:43:38 PM

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