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Nostalgia & History > Toss Back Tuesday: Twin Star Rocket!Date: 09/01/26 06:47 Toss Back Tuesday: Twin Star Rocket! Author: santafe199 Mighty Fine looking train, from a Mighty Fine Line… :^)
1. CRI&P 630 on train #17, the "Twin Star Rocket" in Ft Worth, TX on December 30, 1961. Trackside Slides copy slide, photographer unknown. From the Robert E Helling collection. Thanks for looking back! Lance Garrels santafe199  Date: 09/01/26 07:14 Re: Toss Back Tuesday: Twin Star Rocket! Author: Hou74-76 Oh yah, I remember riding the Twin Star Rocket in 1964 and it looked very much like this train. And in typical Rock Island practice non-standard paint schemes on the locomotives. Is it me or is that B unit without markings? And of course who doesn't recall the ubiquitous checker board square towers of Ralston Purina. Seemingly every town had one. Man, what a nostalgia pump this photo is.
Date: 09/01/26 07:21 Re: Toss Back Tuesday: Twin Star Rocket! Author: santafe199 Hou74-76 Wrote: > ... Is it me or is that B unit without markings?
I think It might just be dirt and grime covering up the lettering... :^( Lance Date: 09/01/26 07:42 Re: Toss Back Tuesday: Twin Star Rocket! Author: FiveChime Great photo!
Thanks for posting. Regards, Jim Evans Date: 09/01/26 11:53 Re: Toss Back Tuesday: Twin Star Rocket! Author: 41 This photo is on the inside front cover of "Down South" on the Rock Island by Steve Allen Goen. The photographer is noted as a Kenneth W Moore. The caption states (paraphrasing) that the train is ~6 hrs late.
Date: 09/01/26 11:57 Re: Toss Back Tuesday: Twin Star Rocket! Author: rbenko Mighty Fine photo of a Mighty Fine train on the Mighty Fine Line - thanks for sharing!
Date: 09/01/26 12:02 Re: Toss Back Tuesday: Twin Star Rocket! Author: UP951West Dad used to take us kids down to the B-RI depot in Corsicana, TX in the early 1960's to watch the Twin Star Rocket roll into town for its evening station stop at 7:30 pm in the early 1960's. Usual power was 630 or 652 with a E-7 B trailing . Thanks for posting this photo.
Date: 09/01/26 12:53 Re: Toss Back Tuesday: Twin Star Rocket! Author: refarkas An "A+" image!!! - What more can I say?
Bob Date: 09/02/26 05:01 Re: Toss Back Tuesday: Twin Star Rocket! Author: march_hare Knockout photo.
Date: 09/02/26 05:22 Re: Toss Back Tuesday: Twin Star Rocket! Author: RNP47 Love seiing older E-Units.
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