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Date: 05/06/26 11:26
Blue Island, IL, 8/21/1978
Author: gborgwald

1. E7A (#642) and E8A (#657) in the roundhouse

2. C-415 (#423)

3. GP7R (#4518), with newly-built D&RGW SD40T-2 (#5389)

Greg
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Date: 05/06/26 11:37
Re: Blue Island, IL, 8/21/1978
Author: Milwaukee

The tilt of the power in photos 2 and 3 is a great reminder of the state of the Rock Island at the time.   That brand new DRGW unit probably wouldn't experience anything like that when she reached home rails.   

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