Blue skies and blue diesels Missouri Pacific locomotives fill the locomotive storage tracks at Yard Center at Dolton, Illinois, on September 15, 1985. MP No. 6052 is a SD40-2 purchased with dynamic brakes for coal service, while No. 3279 is of the same model without dynamics, and on the right is GP15-1 No. 1563.
There are times when many engines, cars or cabooses are concentrated in a location. Such sites are for storage, economic reasons, active power needs or for rebuilding. For others, wear and tear have brought their usefulness to and end.
