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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by rockisland4309 When John Ingram became the Rock's last president he decided the railroad needed to have a "revamped image" and came up with changing the Rock Island to just "The Rock". And supposedly the blue image was supposed be a more optimistic color than previous paint schemes in the maroon and yellow or red and yellow. I have the Rock Island's 1974 Annual Report to the stockholders and on the back page there's a picture of the first 40 ft. boxcar painted in the new "Rock" blue paint job and small paragraph explaining why the railroad is changing it's name and paint. Matter of fact, I have the Nov/Dec. 1974 issue of the RI's company magazine "The Rocket" and has coverage of Ingram touring the whole system and he doesn't hesistate in saying how desparate the railroad is to staying alive and needing to applying for loans to the FRA. [/quote] I always thought that RI's bright red with yellow nose and white speed lettering scheme was better than any of the maroon combinations or the latter blue and white. Reading some of Jervis Langdon's comments to the stockholders in RI's annual reports in the '60s, left me with the impression that he didn't see much of a future for an independant RI, and that merger with a stronger railroad was best.
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