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Nostalgia & History > OTD: Rocks 'Beale Street Blues' ... 5 of 'em ('77)Date: 02/19/19 04:08 OTD: Rocks 'Beale Street Blues' ... 5 of 'em ('77) Author: valmont Here's a Dave Johnston shot @ Memphis on 2/19/77 .... would have been a fun one to chase .... 5 GP38-2's and all blue in 'blues town'.
 Date: 02/19/19 04:13 Re: OTD: Rocks 'Beale Street Blues' ... 5 of 'em ('77) Author: rrpreservation Awesome shot!! Thanks for sharing it.
Date: 02/19/19 05:33 Re: OTD: Rocks 'Beale Street Blues' ... 5 of 'em ('77) Author: CNW8531 I like it!
Date: 02/19/19 06:19 Re: OTD: Rocks 'Beale Street Blues' ... 5 of 'em ('77) Author: SCKP187 This is the most impressive photo of the Rock in blue I've ever seen. Look like there was no way they would ever be gone.
Brian Stevens Date: 02/19/19 08:47 Re: OTD: Rocks 'Beale Street Blues' ... 5 of 'em ('77) Author: bnsfsd70 Wow! Seeing that many in the same scheme was quite rare.
- Jeff Posted from iPhone Date: 02/19/19 08:53 Re: OTD: Rocks 'Beale Street Blues' ... 5 of 'em ('77) Author: SPDRGWfan Impressive. I wonder if that bulkhead flat car is RI also, which is available now in HO from ExactRail.
Cheers, Jim Date: 02/19/19 12:30 Re: OTD: Rocks 'Beale Street Blues' ... 5 of 'em ('77) Author: GP30Frank It looks like the lead unit says " Tom Railsback " on it. Bob 3985 may know him ?
Date: 02/19/19 12:37 Re: OTD: Rocks 'Beale Street Blues' ... 5 of 'em ('77) Author: BigSkyBlue GP30Frank Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > It looks like the lead unit says " Tom Railsback > " on it. Bob 3985 may know him ? I think he was a Senator. The first order of GP38's was named after various friends of the Rock. BSB Date: 02/19/19 13:38 Re: OTD: Rocks 'Beale Street Blues' ... 5 of 'em ('77) Author: Fiftyfooter Dave was a hero on this day! Unreal blues!
Date: 02/19/19 17:48 Re: OTD: Rocks 'Beale Street Blues' ... 5 of 'em ('77) Author: perklocal Yahtzee ! Getting 5 of a kind on the Rock was quite a treat !
Date: 02/20/19 07:51 Re: OTD: Rocks 'Beale Street Blues' ... 5 of 'em ('77) Author: santafe199 perklocal Wrote: > ... Yahtzee ! ...
I heartily concur! I don't think I ever saw more than 3 of those 4300s together in a consist... Lance/199 Date: 02/20/19 08:11 Re: OTD: Rocks 'Beale Street Blues' ... 5 of 'em ('77) Author: zr190 BigSkyBlue Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > GP30Frank Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > It looks like the lead unit says " Tom > Railsback > > " on it. Bob 3985 may know him ? > > I think he was a Senator. The first order of > GP38's was named after various friends of the > Rock. BSB He was the local Quad Cities Rep to the US House. zr190 |