Nostalgia & History > Monty Powell and Maroon Monday

From the camera of the late Monty L. Powell, former TP&W Dispatcher. Original Kodachrome transparency taken April 2, 1960 - at Rock Island's Peoria Yards; Bob Finan Collection of Railroad Photography.

Bob

ATSF100WEST......Out

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Excellent work, both scanning and editing, and the original side/negative.  Love the Rick.

Marty Bernard

Notice the differences in these two GP7s, separated by only 10 numbers on the roster:

-- Diagonal striping (what's left of it) on the 1283 vs. a solid white frame stripe on the 1293;
-- Single-note horn on the 1283, multi-chime horn on the 1293.

If that wasn't enough, the 1293 is unique as it is numbered in the middle of a block of GP7s (1288-1299) with "torpedo tube" air resevoirs and steam boilers, yet it has neither. This is because it was a one-unit order, completed in May 1953.

Only on the Rock Island!! Thanks, Bob, for sharing Monty's excellent photo!

NZ

BEAUTIFUL!!! And to think the film was probably ASA 10 Kodachrome!
Bob

Best paint scheme the Rock had.

Those geeps are absolutely stunning!  Great photo!!

tomstp Wrote:
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> Best paint scheme the Rock had.

 I have to agree with that.  I wonder how many paint schemes the ROCK went thru in it's lifetime??

Back when "Caterpillar Yellow" was still the old chrome yellow. I think that changed in the 70s sometime, to the present color. Looks like a D-6 or a 7.

That is a great paint scheme--sure didn't get to see any of those on the branch in Salina KS.
Brian Stevens