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Nostalgia & History > Rock Island eastbound-Pratt, KS. 1969Date: 09/03/13 06:58 Rock Island eastbound-Pratt, KS. 1969 Author: waycar_rider Rock Island eastbound leaving Pratt, KS. This crew will take the train to Herington. It is a Pratt crew. July 1969. They have the air conditioner working!!!! The days prior having air condition cabs.
Gary A. Rich Aurora, CO Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/03/13 10:37 by waycar_rider.  Date: 09/03/13 16:19 Re: Rock Island eastbound-Pratt, KS. 1969 Author: Bob3985 Nice photo. The GE's were the real cream of the crop in the Illinois Division when we got them. The second unit has the frog eye lights too. A lot of times we had GE's out of Chicago but we had a GP-7 or F-7 on the point for cab signals.
Bob Krieger Cheyenne, WY Date: 09/03/13 20:05 Re: Rock Island eastbound-Pratt, KS. 1969 Author: MILW16 Bob3985 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The second unit has the frog eye lights too. A lot > of times we had GE's out of Chicago but we had a > GP-7 or F-7 on the point for cab signals. What was the purpose of the "frog eye lights" on the Rock Island units? A kind of elevated ditch light? Date: 09/04/13 06:38 Re: Rock Island eastbound-Pratt, KS. 1969 Author: zr190 They were alternating flashing lights. Quite effective when they worked.
Problem was they couldn't keep the bulbs from burning out. zr190 |