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Why were MP 15's sold?

Discussion related to the operations and equipment of Consolidated Rail Corp. (Conrail) from 1976 to its present operations as Conrail Shared Assets. Official web site can be found here: CONRAIL.COM.

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Why were MP 15's sold?

 #221505  by BobLI
 
Looking through my motive power books I noticed that the MP15's and SW1500's were around in the same year. A few years later the MP15's were off the roster but the SW1500's were still on the roster. Why keep an older locomitive?

 #221528  by metman499
 
The MP-15s were leased and at the epiration of the lease Conrail chose not to buy the engines. Some reasons include the lack of a toilet, which is why they left the ex-Reading coal branches, replaced by GP-8s and 10s.
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