Who models the Rock Island in Bankruptcy blue?

[Todd McWilliam]

How many of you model the Rock?

[Anonymous]

I model a regional Rock Island Line set in 1996!

It covers the region held by the I & M Raillink (now IC&E) and the Iowa Interstate in that year. (When I want to get "real" I can use IMRL and IAIS locos/rolling stock on the layout).

The use of the RI's 1980 loco roster works very well for a regional road in 1996. The roster is patterned on the IMRL and IAIS rosters, but altered to fit what a reduced sized Rock Island might have had at that date. For example, IAIS uses GP38x, my RI their blue scheme GP38-2s and GP40(-2)s. The IMRL ran SD40s, my RI SD40-2s. Etc.

So I have a lot of RI blue (GP38-2, GP40-2, SW1500, etc.) on the layout. However, the current owners wanted some of the older paint schemes to remain as part of the RI heritage, so SD40-2s are still red and yellow, GP9s have gone back to striped maroon, etc.

My RI still even runs a Rocket between Chicago and the Quad Cities, as AMTRAK does not. So the Rock Island Lines is STILL the road to ride in 1996 !!!

[:D]

[Anonymous]

Wow, sounds like a neat layout!

[Anonymous]

My brother Murray models Rock Island as a connecting road but not
to any prototype as has blue red and maroon.he has everything from S-2 to
DD-35a.he has S-2 GP-7 GP-38 SD-35 C-628 ect.

May the Lord be with the Raegan family
as with the nation.

David brown

[Anonymous]

I model the Rock but in a kinda different way.[:D]

Jeremy

[Sunset Limited]

I really liked RI. I remember seeing RI and SP lash-ups down here in El Paso Texas during the late seventies. Just seeing different paint schemes and real true weathering on those diesels!! I was hoping SP and RI would have merged. I'm an SP fan, but all do respect, I really miss seeing 'THE ROCK' or those yellow and red cabooses. when I add a track exchange line to my layout, it will be RI. With heavy weathering!!!!

[Anonymous]

I love the The Rock and I'm for anybody who models it! I only have a R.I. covered hopper and I treat like it was royalty. That means NO GRAFFITI OR U.P. NUMBERS!!!

[Anonymous]

im wanting some of those blue GP38's. they will look good as run threw power on my layout.