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| Title: |
CRIP 0933 |
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| Photo Date: |
1/1/1970 Upload Date: 7/26/2004 5:28:10 PM |
| Location: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 933(SW1200) |
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1008 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RI 1333 |
| Description: |
RI 1333 at the engine facility at Silvis, IL |
| Photo Date: |
7/24/1971 Upload Date: 7/25/2004 10:59:31 PM |
| Location: |
Silvis, IA |
| Author: |
Unknown |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 1333(GP18) |
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1991 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
RI 1330 at Silvis, IL |
| Description: |
RI 1330 at Silvis, IL |
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7/4/1973 Upload Date: 7/25/2004 10:59:29 PM |
| Location: |
Silvis, IA |
| Author: |
Gary L Powell |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 1330(GP9) |
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1336 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
RI 811 ( to Standard Steel #811 in 1981) |
| Description: |
RI 811 doing switching chores at Little Rock. |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/1974 Upload Date: 7/26/2004 5:28:10 PM |
| Location: |
Little Rock, AR |
| Author: |
Unknown |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 811(SW8) |
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1144 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RI 935 |
| Description: |
RI 935 |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/1975 Upload Date: 7/25/2004 10:59:31 PM |
| Location: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Author: |
Gary L Powell |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 935(SW1200) |
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716 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RI 4708 |
| Description: |
RI GP40 4708, one of many that were financed by Union Pacific in anticipation of the UP/RI merger. Union Pacific had pulled out of%the merger preceedings saying they could afford the repairs of the ailing Rock Island by this time. The 4708 was retained by UP after shutdown. |
| Photo Date: |
11/20/1975 Upload Date: 3/13/2007 10:40:36 AM |
| Location: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4708(GP40) |
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646 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RI 4791 later ICG 6041 to EMD 6041 after shutdown |
| Description: |
4791 at the engine facility at Peach Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1976 Upload Date: 2/20/2004 5:21:37 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Worth, TX |
| Author: |
Bledsoe Rail Slides |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4791(SD40-2) |
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2479 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rock 4522 |
| Description: |
Rock 4522 on a cold December in Iowa |
| Photo Date: |
12/28/1976 Upload Date: 2/6/2005 6:31:48 PM |
| Location: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4522(GP7R) |
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1283 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rock 4302 (to MP/UP 2240, now UP 740) |
| Description: |
By this date the Rock was 2 years into bankrupcy, but by the looks of this consist, it looks like the Ingram administration is making a turn around for the Rock. |
| Photo Date: |
5/29/1977 Upload Date: 7/25/2004 10:59:31 PM |
| Location: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4302(GP38-2) |
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1803 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rock 4310 "The American Railfan" (to MP/UP 2248 now UP 748) |
| Description: |
A consist of new Rock GP38-2s 4310, 4325 and 4302 in the lead leaves Des Moines, IA. Two years into bankruptcy, but making an valient attempt of staying afloat. |
| Photo Date: |
5/29/1977 Upload Date: 7/26/2004 5:28:10 PM |
| Location: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4310(GP38-2) |
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2408 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RI 1332 |
| Description: |
RI GP7 1332 leads a RI train at FtWorth, TX |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1977 Upload Date: 2/20/2004 5:21:37 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Worth, TX |
| Author: |
Bledsoe Rail Slides |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 1332(GP9) CRIP 4311(GP38-2) |
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2850 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RI 4459 to C&NW 4116 after shutdown |
| Description: |
RI 4459 with Rock GP7s helping with this train at Tower 55. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1977 Upload Date: 2/20/2004 5:21:37 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Worth, TX |
| Author: |
Bledsoe Rail Slides |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4459(GP7R) |
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1660 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RI 440 |
| Description: |
RI 440 at RI's Peach Yard |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1978 Upload Date: 7/26/2004 5:28:10 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Worth, TX |
| Author: |
Jerry Bosanek |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 440(GP7) |
| Views: |
997 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
RI 4705 |
| Description: |
RI 4705 at the engine shop in the last days of the Rock |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/1979 Upload Date: 2/6/2005 6:31:47 PM |
| Location: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4705(GP40) |
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929 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ROCK 4321, RI 4794 and 4792 |
| Description: |
A trio of RI power at Des Moines. ROCK 4321 (later MP 2259, then UP 2259 re#UP 759), RI SD40-2s 4794 (to ICD 6044, later EMD 6044), RI 4792 (to ICG 6042 later EMD 6042). |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1979 Upload Date: 3/13/2007 10:40:38 AM |
| Location: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4321(GP38-2) |
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858 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RI units |
| Description: |
Rock 4321, RI 4794 and 4797 at Des Moines, IA. By now the Rock was under KCT management. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1979 Upload Date: 2/6/2005 6:31:47 PM |
| Location: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4321(GP38-2) |
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1123 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RI 4454 |
| Description: |
Rock 4454 at the engine facility at El Reno, OK |
| Photo Date: |
12/30/1979 Upload Date: 2/6/2005 6:31:48 PM |
| Location: |
El Reno, OK |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4454(GP7R) |
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1636 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RI 4712 Returned to UP 600-651 at shutdown |
| Description: |
RI GP40 4712 was at Peach Yard in the waining months of the Rock Island's existance as a common carrier. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1980 Upload Date: 2/20/2004 5:21:37 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Worth, TX |
| Author: |
Bledsoe Rail Slides |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4712(GP40) |
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1643 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RI 292 at Peach Yard |
| Description: |
RI U33B 292 with a white nose with the final logo applied to it. It may have suffered wreck damage and was painted this way after the repairs. The exact day is unknown. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1980 Upload Date: 12/7/2010 9:04:34 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Worth, TX |
| Author: |
Ken Roble |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 292(U33B) |
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1335 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
RI 538 |
| Description: |
RI 538 with weather beaten paint at RI's engine facility at Armourdale Yard. This would be the last winter for the Rock island. |
| Photo Date: |
1/12/1980 Upload Date: 7/26/2004 5:28:10 PM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Unknown |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 538(SW1) |
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1120 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
RI 908 |
| Description: |
RI 908 awaits its final days |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/1980 Upload Date: 2/6/2005 6:31:47 PM |
| Location: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 908(SW900) |
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1007 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RI 4791 to ICG 6041 after shutdown then to EMD 6041 in the late '80s |
| Description: |
RI SD40-2 4791 leads a Rock Island freight on a cold February day. Notice the derailed Rock covered hopper to the right of the train. Derailments were not uncommon in RI's last years due to lack of money and deferred maintenance. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/1980 Upload Date: 2/20/2004 5:21:37 PM |
| Location: |
Carlisle, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4791(SD40-2) |
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3199 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
RI 418 |
| Description: |
It was February 25, 1980 and the shutdown date was just about a month off as 418 and Rock 4516 wait out there final days. |
| Photo Date: |
2/25/1980 Upload Date: 7/25/2004 10:59:31 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 418(C415) CRIP 4516(GP7R) |
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1522 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
RI 1341 |
| Description: |
This RI GP18 survived in maroon up to the end, the date the slide was taken. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1980 Upload Date: 7/25/2004 10:59:31 PM |
| Location: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 1341(GP18) |
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1486 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
the Rock on the last day of regular operations. |
| Description: |
RI SW1200 923; ROCK GP7 4542 and ROCK GP38-2 4351 on final days of regular operations. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1980 Upload Date: 12/7/2010 9:03:30 PM |
| Location: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 923(SW1200) CRIP 4542(GP7R) CRIP 4351(GP38-2) |
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1266 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ROCK 945 |
| Description: |
A flag falls, by this day the ROCK was shutdown and a sad day in railroad history. The ROCK 945 found a new lease on life at Kennecott Copper re#715 in 1982. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1980 Upload Date: 3/13/2007 10:40:39 AM |
| Location: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 945(SW1500) |
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1676 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rock units |
| Description: |
A line of Rock locomotives awaiting disposition two days before the official shutdown on March 31, 1980. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1980 Upload Date: 2/6/2005 6:31:47 PM |
| Location: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4314(GP38-2) |
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1608 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RI train |
| Description: |
Rock 4351 fronts a train two days before the closure of the railroad. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1980 Upload Date: 2/6/2005 6:31:47 PM |
| Location: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4351(GP38-2) |
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1544 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RI Deadline |
| Description: |
A dead line of locomotives awaits disposition after shutdown. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1980 Upload Date: 2/6/2005 6:31:47 PM |
| Location: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 1344(GP18) CRIP 1336(GP18) |
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2261 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rock dead line |
| Description: |
Its been 28 days after the Rock ceased to be a online shipper, a long line of geeps await disposition. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1980 Upload Date: 2/6/2005 6:31:48 PM |
| Location: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4502(GP7R) CRIP 4506(GP7R) |
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2243 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rock 4530 |
| Description: |
Rock 4530 awaits disposition 28 days after the road closed down. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1980 Upload Date: 2/6/2005 6:31:48 PM |
| Location: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4530(GP7R) |
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1112 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ROCK SW8 838 |
| Description: |
ROCK SW8 838 was assigned to the "Little Rock Lines" in the final years. The unit was contracted out to be painted in the blue and white, hence the unofficial style "R" logo. Awaiting disposition after shutdown. Notice the exhaust stack is capped off and the bell is missing. |
| Photo Date: |
12/20/1980 Upload Date: 12/7/2010 9:06:54 PM |
| Location: |
Topeka, KS |
| Author: |
Unknown |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 838(SW8) |
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1069 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rock 816 |
| Description: |
Rock 816 awaits disposition a year after shutdown |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/1981 Upload Date: 2/6/2005 6:31:48 PM |
| Location: |
Silvis, IL |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 816(SW8) |
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1167 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RI 394 |
| Description: |
Former Rock Island GP40 at MK Boise, ID |
| Photo Date: |
8/13/1982 Upload Date: 2/6/2005 6:31:47 PM |
| Location: |
Boise, ID |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 394(GP40) |
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1195 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RI 830 |
| Description: |
After the Rock ceased operations on March 31, 1980, the RI trustees had this SW8 and an GP7 painted in Rock blue and white for "clean up" operations on the Southern Division. |
| Photo Date: |
1/29/1984 Upload Date: 7/26/2004 5:28:10 PM |
| Location: |
Hodges, TX |
| Author: |
Unknown |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 830(SW8) |
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1235 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ROCK 373 in blue/white scheme |
| Description: |
When the ROCK shut down UP repossed a number of GP40s they had financed for the RI in anticipaction of a merger. This was the only GP40 to receive ROCK blue/white. |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1984 Upload Date: 9/2/2005 4:19:10 PM |
| Location: |
Little Rock, AR |
| Author: |
Ron Estes |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 373(GP40) |
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1611 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RI 4795 and ROCK 4345 |
| Description: |
RI SD40-2 4795 (later ICG 6045, then EMD 6045) and ROCK GP38-2 4345 (latjr MP 2283, then UP 2283 later re#783) at Carlisle, IA. This would be the last winter for the Rock. |
| Photo Date: |
3/13/2007 Upload Date: 3/13/2007 10:40:37 AM |
| Location: |
Carlisle, IA |
| Author: |
James Mischke |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4795(SD40-2) |
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1501 Comments: 0 |
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