Nostalgia & History > few more Maroon Monday . . .

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top: A cummuter has just dropped the customers off at Joliet Union Station and gotten a highball to depart the platform when I swear the engineer saw me trying to get to the head end for a shot and waited until I did 8-75.
middle: A local or yard job in the Quad Cities area 8-75.
bottom: Train departing RI yard near Pullman Jct south side of Chicago 8-75.
JB



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You know, I believe that if it wasn't for the EMD's invention of the GP-7 I don't believe that the Rock Island's Illinois Division could have existed. Catching a GE on the point of a freight out of Chicago was enlightening.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/30/15 07:49 by Bob3985.

Really like the looks of typical RI in #2 & #3.
Brian Stevens

The 1291 was a regular running all four directions out of El Reno, OK, and was also used often on the Memphis to Tucumcari passenger train.  The 1291 and 1289 were brought over to Oklahoma City to power a Metropolitan Opera special, and before the train departed the trucks were re-silvered.