R J Corman Flat Switching in Dover, Ohio - An Awesome Catch! 

This is on the RJ Corman Cleveland Line. It was started in December 1988 and
has 68.65 miles of track. It serves: Wooster, Massillon, Dover, New Philadelphia, Midvale
serving 16 customers in total. The Cleveland Line interchanges with: CSX - Warwick, Norfolk Southern - Massillon, Wooster, Wheeling & Lake Erie - Brewster
I was close in calling this an EMD SW 1500, but no cigar. The EMD MP 15 superseded the
SW 1500 in February 1974. It was lengthened by 3 feet from the SW 1500. The
MP 15AC was the first EMD switcher to receive the Dash 2 technology. In
1972 their road locomotives first introduced Dash 2, then in 1975 it came to
their MP 15AC. It also had a 1500 HP 12-645E prime mover which was the same as
in the SW 1500.
Another new advent in the MP 15 AC locos was the D32 main generator was replaced
with an AR10/D14 alternator/rectifier. Note also the "tunnel motor" look with the
radiator section near the front bottom of the loco. Southern Pacific was the first RR
to order a new MP 15AC. (Southern Pacific was the RR that first inspired the
tunnel motor concept in road locos SD40T-2 and 45T-2.)
via RR Pictures Archives:
RJ Corman 1410 is an EMD MP15AC Built As: MILW 459 (MP15AC)
Serial Number: 75629-26 Order No: 75629
Frame Number: 75629-26 Built: 1/1976
Notes: MILW 459 to SOO 1525 to UP 1410 to UPY 1410 to RJCC 1410
7/2021
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