Eric, I have one photo of a Kyle GP20 sitting on the mainline in Benson on the San Pedro and Southwestern. I'll be glad to share with you or anyone who's ...
My interest was triggered by this photo on ebay of E8 #648 in the maroon/silver paint. The photo description claims it was taken at La Grange prior to...
You are correct, 656 was rebuilt from 627. I did notice in the mid 60s that 648 changed number boards several times, most E-8s had the flush ones, but on 648,...
David Engle
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Mar 2, 2009 2:21 am
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Interestingly, when the 475 was delivered from Alco, it came with maroon trucks; the only RI unit ever to get that treatment....
I talked to the Athearn rep about their new SW1500 at the last WHG in San Antonio and I asked them about the hand rails on their new SW1500 and John answer was...
So Brad, are you saying the new SW1500's will or will not have the correct handrailings? When I talked to them after the pic's were posted on their website, I...
See below for a copy of what Athearn told me on 12-1-2008 (In bold and italics). Randy Randy, Thank-you for your inquiry. Please note that the locomotive in...
That's what the Athearn rep (John) told me at the show, for them to supply the short handrails that it would cost around $10,000 and that it would not be cost...
I just sent another email to Athearn regarding this subject. Hopefully it is just a bad rumor. I will let the list know what I hear. Randy ... From: Greene,...
Hello All Does anyone know when the chicago meeting of "Friends of the Rock Island" is? It should be coming up in April or May. Just wanting to try to plan...
Sounds like the original intention was to develop both handrail styles. But once getting a $10K quote back for the tooling and fixturing, Athearn is backing...
Hey, that only opens up a possibility for some scratchbuilt kitbashing! Sounds like a good thing to me. David Schmidt Houston ... From: jeff worones To:...
I have seen a 1939 photo from the air of the depot but nothing specific. Does anyone have a photo for a reference on this depot? Or some other reference...
Doing are own replacement of details, and more, is what we used to do all the time. Look what we've become, that replacing/altering one detail causes this much...
Dennis, while this sounds like disappointing news (although the cost issue is not suprising with the current economic situation), I'm a bit unhappy to hear...
My Fellow ROCKologists: I am currently working on issue 74 on my PDF project. In the Question and Answer section I was doing Answer #135 and went in the back...
To All Involved in this SW1500 Discussion: I have just contacted Mr Craig Walker at Athearn, and as I was speaking to him, he was examining some of the new...
No Bob, the quoted source came right from the mouth of the Athearn Rep!!! John is one of the main guys at Athearn, so I decided it was not some sort of an idle...
I have issue 73 in front of me. Page 7 is the Q&A section. I can copy it and fax it to you if you give me your fax number. Les Brandt ... From: ebatesla...
All: I know the photo you are describing. EMD did some wreck rebuilds. I suspect that this is the case with the 648. Paul Schuch To: RITSlist@yahoogroups.com...
Just heard back from Athearn. It appears that they got the handrails right. They sent me a photo of which I uploaded to the RITSlist under the "photos" section...
Brad, I don't doubt what you were told by John at Athearn, nor am I questioning your information, nor did I question you in regards to your info. But after...
I managed to purchase a few old slides on ebay recently, taken by the late Rich Wilson of Muscatine in the '70s. Most of his unique collection ended up going ...
Greetings, I noticed a photo of what is described as a Rock Island Grain Train in Cotter, IA from 1978 in the latest Trains magazine. However, the photo, on...
The photo was by John Harper. John was involved in the reduced crew, short-haul grain trains operated by the Rock Island, and could probably give you more...
The smaller cars were used because the Keota branch would not support the standard 3 bay hoppers fully loaded. I might add that this operation was a real pain...
... To add to Dave's comments, as I recall, the reasoning behind the use of those "small" cov hoppers was to prevent the shipper from overloading them relative...
Eric and list It seems that the RI did use some of these smnaller ACF cars in what was called "Mini-Trains" there was an article that John Harper did in a...
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