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ramoutandabout

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December 2005
From: near omaha ne
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rock island

Posted by ramoutandabout on Sunday, April 30, 2006 12:22 PM

bought a athearn F7A- F7B yesterday. One of the boys kept buggin me and would let it go til we got him his own unit. one question since it is red silver and maroon is it a passanger unit correct?!

thanks

ray

wjstix

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February 2002
From: Mpls/St.Paul
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Posted by wjstix on Sunday, April 30, 2006 7:23 PM

Should be a passenger engine, yes. Rock Island freight diesels in the fifties came in a red/black paint scheme.

Passenger scheme:
http://www.rockisl.com/cgi-bin/display.asp?f=3&e=1&n=652-2a

Freight scheme:
http://www.rockisl.com/cgi-bin/display.asp?f=3&e=1&n=118-3aColor

Stix

ramoutandabout

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December 2005
From: near omaha ne
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Posted by ramoutandabout on Sunday, April 30, 2006 8:12 PM

thank you very much !!!

ray

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