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| Title: |
Unusual AB-6 unit |
| Description: |
one of two AB-6 units built for the RI by EMD in 1940 - a B unit with cab to head Colorado Springs section of Rocky Mountain Rocket when divided at Limon, Colorado |
| Photo Date: |
9/9/1961 Upload Date: 4/6/2008 11:57:35 AM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
EDWARD J. OZOG |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
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1916 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
"Those Esthetic E's," Page 25, 1964 |
| Description: |
Here is page six of an eight-page cover article by David P. Morgan & Al Kamm, Jr., entitled "Those Esthetic E's: A Story Of The Power That Bumped Steam Off The Varnish." It was published originally in the May 1964 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 25. Top Right Photo Caption: Rock Island bought a pair of AB-model 1000 h.p. units in May 1940 for Limon-Colorado Springs leg of Rocky Mountain Rocket." |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1964 Upload Date: 10/1/2023 4:18:11 AM |
| Location: |
LaGrange, IL |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) MP 7100(AA) MP 7002(E6A) LN 450A(E6A) |
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284 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Picture 12, CB&Q/CRI&P Wreck |
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| Photo Date: |
9/28/1964 Upload Date: 6/15/2007 10:00:24 PM |
| Location: |
Montgomery, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 638B(E7B) CRIP 750(AB6) |
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3587 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P AB6 750 |
| Description: |
Rock Island AB6 750 at 47th Street in Chicago, Illinois on March 28, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in June 1940 ( c/n 1066 ) on EMC Order E306B, it was sold for scrap to Joliet Railway Equipment during January 1974. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1965 Upload Date: 6/10/2017 6:54:34 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
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629 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P AB6 750 |
| Description: |
CRI&P AB6 750, 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois, March 28, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in June 1940 (c/n 1066) on EMC Order E306B, it was sold for scrap to Joliet Railway Equipment during January 1974. As originally built, it had a single 12-567 prime mover and a baggage section where the second prime mover would be. The concept was to run this locomotive (with an E6A leading) on the Rocky Mountain Rocket from Chicago to Limon, Colorado, where the train was broken into two sections, one going to Denver, and the AB6 would power the other section to Colorado Springs. Although two A-units could have sufficed, at the time Rock Island's management was concerned about the aesthetics of the train. One prime mover proved insufficient as the passenger load increased, and this unit and 751 (another AB6) were returned to EMD for installation of a second prime mover, making them E6B's with a cab. Sometime during 1965, both AB6's exchanged their steam generators for HEP power plants and were assigned to commuter service. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1965 Upload Date: 9/7/2010 12:23:24 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
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1870 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P AB6 750 |
| Description: |
CRI&P AB6 750 at 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois, June 13, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in June 1940 (c/n 1066) on EMC Order E306B, it was powered by a single 12-567 prime mover and a baggage door where the door over the fuel tank is located. Later a second prime mover was added. I cannot find the exact date, but photos shot in 1957 show a second prime mover and no baggage door. Sometime during 1965, the steam generator was replaced by a HEP power plant, and the unit was assigned to suburban service. It was sold for scrap to Joliet Railway Equipment during January 1974. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1965 Upload Date: 10/28/2009 10:47:34 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
| Views: |
1068 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRIP WB |
| Description: |
-750(AB-6) |
| Photo Date: |
12/29/1971 Upload Date: 9/11/2011 9:57:35 AM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Gil Ford |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
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655 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRIP WB |
| Description: |
677-750(F-7A;AB-6) |
| Photo Date: |
12/29/1971 Upload Date: 9/11/2011 9:59:01 AM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Gil Ford |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
| Views: |
780 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RI 750 |
| Description: |
Rare EMD AB-6 Locomotive |
| Photo Date: |
8/11/1972 Upload Date: 9/20/2011 6:47:34 PM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Robert Farkas |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
| Views: |
985 Comments: 7 |
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| Title: |
RI 750 |
| Description: |
EMD AB-6A |
| Photo Date: |
8/11/1972 Upload Date: 6/24/2014 6:27:30 PM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Robert Farkas |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
| Views: |
601 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
Rock Island 750 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/11/1972 Upload Date: 3/8/2017 8:09:40 PM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Robert Farkas |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
| Views: |
448 Comments: 7 |
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| Title: |
CRIP 750 AB6 |
| Description: |
Last AB6 on roster. |
| Photo Date: |
6/2/1973 Upload Date: 1/7/2018 2:24:42 AM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Dean E Arnold |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
| Views: |
427 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RI AB6 getting scrapped |
| Description: |
RI's AB6 #750 getting cut up in Rockdale, IL. Sad sight. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/4/2014 2:46:04 PM |
| Location: |
Rockdale, IL |
| Author: |
Ken Carlson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
| Views: |
1470 Comments: 3 |
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