General Discussion (Model Railroader)

Macjet...just copy the image code from the Photobucket pic you want to post, and paste it in the post. The image code you want to copy is the fourth one, marked " IMG Code - Forums & Bulletin Boards".

Rotor

I can see the old "ROCK" from my back yard.  I live about 30 miles north of Topeka KS and the old Rock Island line north out of Topeka (now abandoned) runs across the field behind my home.  The line ran north from Topeka KS to Horton KS.  At one time Horton KS (pop 1000) had a large Rock Island round house and steam engine service facility.

JIM 

macjet wrote:

Well I guess I still don't know. I tried putting an address in the images section but it doesn't seem to be working.

Try reading this thread: http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1360821/ShowPost.aspx

You're copying the wrong code. See below:

Andre

GO Transit in Toronto bought, I believe, 7 GP-40's from RI via a locomotive dealer in 1982. They were traded in 1993 for F59PH units.

Jim 

I just saw some X-Rock Hoppers rolling thru Bridgeport, TX. on the UP line (this AM).  Some looked pretty good and some were beat to heck!

Keith-Bportrail

Test

andrechapelon wrote:

Just as a matter of passing interest, U25B #227 ( http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=47804 )  ended up on the Maine Central in 1980. Andre

Actually MEC bought 14 Rock Island U25Bs, and had them dragged all the way to the main shops in Waterville ME; most of them would not run and they were in horrible condition. The shops picked the best and canabalized the others for parts. From the 14, 6 made it back to running condition.

In the begining, they got the full shop treatmemt including yellow and green MEC paint jobs. At some point, the MEC brass decided that they needed them out on the road even if they did not look pretty. The Rock Island name was painted out on the cab, and replaced with a quick Maine Central stencil, the RI numbers were retained.

• The following were repainted in MEC yellow: 226, 228, 232 (yellow paint only, no green),
• In service in red/yellow Rock Island paint: 231
• IN service in blue/white The Rock paint: 234
• In service in maroon Rock Island paint:238
• in storage for parts: 227, 229, 230, 233, 235, 236, 237 (some of these may have been repaired and placed in service later, I have only had time to check one reference on this)

They were all repainted to MEC or Guilford colors at as time allowed.

EDIT: My first source, "Rock Island Locomotives on the Maine Central" by EB Robertson, was written in 1981 while some work was still in progress, and I remember seeing photos of more than one locomotive in red or maroon colors. The 1984 - 1988 MEC roster in "Guilford Five Years of Change" by Scott Hartley shows 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 234 and 238 in service, but notes that all U25s were retired by 1988. 229, and 230 were maroon.

I have also heard that RI fans were not too fond of the blue/white The Rock scheme as it was the last color change shortly before the railroad went bust. It was called something like the death color scheme by railfans.