Nostalgia & History > On This Day in 1966 & 1977: Rock & SOO

1. Rock Island GP7 #4439 @ Denver  7/1977  by Bruce Black
2. SOO AS616 #395 @ Marquette, MI 7/10/66   by Karl Henkels



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/11/18 05:43 by valmont.

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Typo-?  Did Bruce catch the Rock Island 4439 in July 1977-?

valmont Wrote:
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> 1. Rock Island GP7 #4439 @ Denver  7/1077  by
> Bruce Black

Appears Bruce was at Sandown Junction (with UP's Kansas Pacific line) near Denver's Stapleton Airport based on building in the background.

  could you actually raise the plow on the SOO?

Doug Wetherhold
Macungie, PA

ALCO630 Wrote:
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>   could you actually raise the plow on the SOO?

Those setups with plows of that design could be raised. They would pull the chains and the outer edge of the plow could be raised toward the center around the back of the drawbar.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

I was at the building behind 4439 today, accessed via the ex yard area today

cozephyr Wrote:
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> Typo-?  Did Bruce catch the Rock Island 4439 in
> July 1977-?
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> valmont Wrote:
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> > 1. Rock Island GP7 #4439 @ Denver  7/1077  by
> > Bruce Black
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I didn’t know him in 1077 do I’ll go with 1977 : >)

An AS-616 Baldwin with ALCo Tri-Mount trucks.  Must have been one of the last few built, after Westinghouse went out of the loco electrical business.
G

Bob3985 Wrote:
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> ALCO630 Wrote:
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> >   could you actually raise the plow on the
> SOO?
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> Those setups with plows of that design could be
> raised. They would pull the chains and the outer
> edge of the plow could be raised toward the center
> around the back of the drawbar.

  I never noticed that. did any other SOO power have that?

Doug Wetherhold
Macungie, PA