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Nostalgia & History > Is Not Is Not Not Is - Is 289Date: 07/07/26 23:39 Is Not Is Not Not Is - Is 289 Author: refarkas (Redo/Repost) Bound for Chicago on March 31, 1978, Rock Island 289 wears its new stealth lettering as it passes the tower directly across from Joliet Union Station. Known for its creative spelling through door replacement, Rock Island could be counted on to make the sharp-eyed (and sometimes the less-than-sharp-eyed) observer chuckle.
Bob  Date: 07/07/26 23:46 Re: Is Not Is Not Not Is - Is 289 Author: Evan_Werkema "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is."
Date: 07/08/26 00:08 Re: Is Not Is Not Not Is - Is 289 Author: Evan_Werkema Sure hope there was a better way to the top floor of the tower than that staircase! Missing letters are amusing, missing steps are something else...
Date: 07/08/26 04:54 Re: Is Not Is Not Not Is - Is 289 Author: Englewood Evan_Werkema Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Sure hope there was a better way to the top floor > of the tower than that staircase! Missing > letters are amusing, missing steps are something > else... There was. When I worked there off the extra board in 1973 the entrance was through the lower level maintainer's room. A steel spiral staircase led to the top floor. |