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CRI&P E8 652 |
| Description: |
Rock Island E8 652 eastbound somewhere between Joliet and Chicago, June 1973, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 652 was built during March 1952 (c/n 15199) on EMD Order 2047A. It is seen passing a westbound steam excursion powered by Southern Railway's 2-8-2 #4501 with observation #1056, "Lookout Mountain" carrying the markers. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1973 Upload Date: 10/8/2009 1:28:56 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 652(E8A) |
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1183 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P E7 639 |
| Description: |
CRI&P E7 639, Blue Island, Illinois, October 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 639 was built in February 1948 (c/n 3735) on EMD Order E712A. By the date of this photo, the Rock Island no longer operated trains, the commuter operations had been taken over by the Regional Transit Authority, which replaced these E units with F40PH's, and the freigh‹ operations were operated by the Kansas City Terminal, as directed by the ICC. The locomotive on the left, number 652, still in Bicentennial vaint, survived. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1979 Upload Date: 10/3/2009 11:36:57 AM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 639(E7A) CRIP 652(E8A) |
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1549 Comments: 3 |
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