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Nostalgia & History > Maroon Monday Cedar Rapids StyleDate: 08/03/15 04:02 Maroon Monday Cedar Rapids Style Author: MILW86A RI NB Train 99 at Cedar Rapids Iowa March 22, 1975. W.S. Kuba photo. Scanned from the Iowa Chapter NRHS Collection and used with permission.
MILW86A Date: 08/03/15 05:04 Re: Maroon Monday Cedar Rapids Style Author: CNW8531 I like it!! Keep that Rock Island stuff coming!!
Date: 08/03/15 06:34 Re: Maroon Monday Cedar Rapids Style Author: mamfahr MILW86A Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > RI NB Train 99 at Cedar Rapids Iowa March 22, > 1975. W.S. Kuba photo. Scanned from the Iowa > Chapter NRHS Collection and used with permission. Thanks for posting that shot, always enjoy seeing the RI, especially in Iowa. One comment on the train ID though - 99 was a 1960s-era train ID on that line and it was changed during the 1972 reconfiguration of train IDs/schedules. After 1972, the westbound/"northbound" trains in CR were 61 (Chicago-Twin Cities) and 69 (Silvis-CR). Take care, Mark Date: 08/03/15 08:39 Re: Maroon Monday Cedar Rapids Style Author: ntharalson mamfahr Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > MILW86A Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > RI NB Train 99 at Cedar Rapids Iowa March 22, > > 1975. W.S. Kuba photo. Scanned from the Iowa > > Chapter NRHS Collection and used with > permission. > > Thanks for posting that shot, always enjoy seeing > the RI, especially in Iowa. One comment on the > train ID though - 99 was a 1960s-era train ID on > that line and it was changed during the 1972 > reconfiguration of train IDs/schedules. After > 1972, the westbound/"northbound" trains in CR were > 61 (Chicago-Twin Cities) and 69 (Silvis-CR). > > Take care, > > Mark Thanks for this info, Mark, much appreciated. Many of the fans in this area used the old numbers long after the Rock had stopped. So when I used the new ones that I was familiar with, they would give me funny looks. By the time I got to the Rock, 69 and it's opposite number, 68?, were gone. Nick Tharalson, Marion, IA |