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1054-16 Rocky-SOO Transfer at Cardigan Jct. |
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5/1/1977 Upload Date: 4/9/2007 2:58:32 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
John Hill |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4317(GP38-2) |
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351 Comments: 0 |
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1054-17 Rocky-SOO Transfer at Cardigan Jct. |
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5/1/1977 Upload Date: 4/9/2007 2:59:08 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
John Hill |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4317(GP38-2) |
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347 Comments: 0 |
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1054-18 CRIP 4317 "Charles O. Laverty" at SOO Cardigan Junction |
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5/1/1977 Upload Date: 5/30/2007 11:50:50 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
John Hill |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4317(GP38-2) |
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370 Comments: 0 |
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1055-10 Rocky-SOO Transfer passes SPUD about to cross river. Now-gone MILW freight house in background. |
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5/1/1977 Upload Date: 4/9/2007 3:06:55 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
John Hill |
| Categories: |
Station,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4317(GP38-2) |
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403 Comments: 0 |
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The units may be blue but the books are red |
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The Rock's light blue was certainly a cheery color, but it didn't stave off the eventual 1980 collapse of the line. |
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5/13/1977 Upload Date: 2/9/2008 7:04:54 PM |
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El Reno, OK |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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CRIP 4306(GP38-2) CRIP 4317(GP38-2) |
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750 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 225 |
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Rock Island U25B was still producing ton-miles with an eastbound freight despite her derelict appearance. Date of photo approximate. |
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10/1/1977 Upload Date: 8/9/2009 8:01:28 PM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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CRIP 225(U25B) CRIP 4317(GP38-2) |
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441 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
THE ROCK 4317 |
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6/1/1979 Upload Date: 7/15/2005 6:08:22 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Scott Koehler |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4317(GP38-2) |
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317 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P GP38-2 4317 |
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CRI&P GP38-2 4317, Blue Island, Illinois, October 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. By the date of this photo, the Rock Island's freight was being moved by crews of the Kansas City Terminal, under a court directed order. The Rock had been struck by employees over back wages in August, and the future of the railroad was in the hands of the bankruptcy courts. As early as 1963 the UP and RI proposed a merger, which produced suits and countersuits as competitors attempted to prevent the UP from direct access to the Chicago market. A couple weeks later, the C&NW proposed its own merger plan with the RI (and the Milwaukee Road), but let that plan lapse in 1966. Meanwhile, the Rock Island's physical plant began to deteriorate because of deferred maintenance, and by 1974, when the UP-RI merger plan was approved by the ICC, the UP withdrew, in part based on the conditions imposed by the ICC as a result of protests by competing railroads, no doubt the deferred maintenance was also a factor. By 1975, the RI declared bankruptcy, the physical plant continued to deteriorate, and by the date of this photo, trains were barely moving. This photo shows the condition of the yard at Blue Island in October 1979, a few months before the Rock Island Railroad was dissolved by the courts on March 31, 1980. |
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10/1/1979 Upload Date: 11/12/2009 10:21:00 AM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
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Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4317(GP38-2) |
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285 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P GP38-2 4317 |
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CRI&P GP38-2 4317, Blue Island, Illinois, October 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in October 1976 (c/n 757136-3), later becoming MP 2255, then UP 2255, then UP 755, then GMTX 2127. This particular locomotive was named, "Charles O. Laverty", a supporter of the Rock Island in its waning years. He was a Rock Island shipper, owner and operator of large grain elevator (Laverty Elevator) in Indianola, Iowa. Most (but not all) of the GP38-2's were named for cities, politicians, and customers of the Rock Island who were supportive Rock Island's efforts to survive. |
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10/1/1979 Upload Date: 11/11/2009 9:35:35 AM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4317(GP38-2) |
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236 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRIP 4317 |
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CRIP 4317, exact date unknown |
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3/1/1980 Upload Date: 12/12/2008 10:46:43 AM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Tim Vermande |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4317(GP38-2) |
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182 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRIP 4317 |
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CRIP 4317, exact date unknown |
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3/1/1980 Upload Date: 12/12/2008 10:46:53 AM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Tim Vermande |
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CRIP 4317(GP38-2) |
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193 Comments: 0 |
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