Nostalgia & History > 4501 in Pekin Illinois

40 years ago the Rock Island kept a pair of locomotives in Pekin, Illinois for industrial switching. 4501 was one of them.

Roger Holmes

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Q4960 Wrote:
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> 40 years ago the Rock Island kept a pair of
> locomotives in Pekin, Illinois for industrial
> switching. 4501 was one of them.
>
> Roger Holmes


Interestingly enough in June, 73, I believe, the Southern 4501 made an appearance on the Rock Island on a trip between Chicago ,and Bureau I think. I wanted to go up for it, but couldn't get off as the Mop was in the think of moving Russian grain to export and and laying off was out of the question. I do have the video produced of that trip on VHS and maybe by now its in DVD.