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Chuck Zeiler's Collection
 
4/23/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
Model:EMD E8ABuilt As:CRIP 654 (E8A)
Serial Number:15201Order No:2047
Frame Number:2047-A5Built:3/1952
Notes:blt 3/52 on EMD Order 2047A
Other locos with this serial:  CRIP 654(E8A)
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CRI&P E8 654
Title:  CRI&P E8 654
Description:  CRI&P E8 654, Denver, Colorado, August 27, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built during March 1952 (c/n 15201) on EMD Order 2047A, an order for six E8's (#'s 650-655). It is seen here on the Denver section of Train #8, The Rocky Mountain Rocket. According to the June 1965 edition of The Official Guide, it will depart Denver at 11:30 AM Mountain Standard Time, arriving in Limon, Colorado, at 12:57 PM, and will be combined with the Colorado Springs section of the same train. This section has all the first class cars, including the diner. The combined Rocky Mountain Rocket will arrive in Chicago the next morning at 8:45 AM CST.
Photo Date:  8/27/1965  Upload Date: 10/10/2009 1:05:24 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  CRIP 654(E8A)
Views:  850   Comments: 2
CRI&P E8 654
Title:  CRI&P E8 654
Description:  Rock Island E8 654 at about 16th Street in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in July 1978, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  7/1/1978  Upload Date: 1/8/2017 7:37:31 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CRIP 654(E8A)
Views:  220   Comments: 1
CRI&P E8 654
Title:  CRI&P E8 654
Description:  CRI&P E8 654, Chicago, Illinois, July 1978, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 654 is seen here heading the westbound Quad Cities Rocket (formerly the Des Moines Rocket) past the 16th Street Tower, crossing over the ICG's Saint Charles Airline.
Photo Date:  7/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/10/2009 2:06:30 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  CRIP 654(E8A)
Views:  1044   Comments: 4


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