Nostalgia & History > Mostly Around Blue Island in '76

A w/b CRI&P commuter train arrived Blue Island, Illinois, 7/9/76.  There's more from Blue Island at:

https://gjptrains.wordpress.com/category/home/

Gerry

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The depot colour really pops in the afternoon sun of this wonderful photo. What was the Rock Islands standard depot colours?

Very nice.  Thanks for posting.

wow great pic

Love that shot!  Great image!!

I have a print of your top shot - Great photos Gerry! === === = === JLH

King_Coal Wrote:
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> The depot colour really pops in the afternoon sun
> of this wonderful photo. What was the Rock Islands
> standard depot colours.
It depends on the time frame.  As I have been told, this color
scheme was copied from Material Service which was owned by the Henry Crown
interests.  Crown was a major bond holder of the RI,  The last scheme was white
with light blue trim.
zr190

Excellent historic image with great composition. The S-curve makes this even more interesting.
Bob

Great shots of the Rock in your post.  Thanks for sharing them here.

- Jeff Carlson

Looks like that Rock E has really taken a beating in front.  That depot may be visible from Earth orbit.  
Nice to see the IC commuter Hi Liners too.  Thanks for showing this classic scene.