If you cruise along the ex-CRIP Denver line between Belleville, KS and Limon, CO you will see dozens of 60Ft CRIP Ingram Blue or Primer Red/Brown boxcars that have come home to roost on the Kyle (G&W) for bean service. It's been interesting to see what's hiding in the backtracks at each station with NOKL and Kyle reporting marks. (The is absolutely no way everything labelled NOKL could fit into the surviving tracks at Woodward, OK.)
Bob-FrymlLook closely at a Union Pacific 24,000-series bay window caboose and you'll probably see the letters "CRI&P" cast into the truck side frames. After The Rock went belly-up, U.P. acquired many, re-habbed a few, and sold the rest (mostly for scrap). The re-habbed ex-Rock Island cabooses were wonderful - smooth riding and quiet too. They were noticably better than the "cadillac crummies" (original Union Pacific), specifically the CA-5s CA-9s, and CA-10s.
They were actually always Union Pacific owned. All the survivors technically only were returned to their owner when the Rock folded; UP didn't acquire anything.
http://utahrails.net/caboose/caboose-steel.php#ca-13
Don Strack also has a nice article up about the Rock's GP40's that were leased from Union Pacific.
http://utahrails.net/articles/ri-gp40s.php
Saw a former RI covered hopper go thru Tallahassee westbound this afternoon. Paint was worn but decent, angular "R" was still legible. Good to see a survivor. I was too far away to see reporting marks.
Re RI and ROCK autorack dispositions, some RI Whitehead & Kales side-shieled trilevels mounted on TTRX flats went to DT&I. There are photos of two at the DT&I Modeler's site:
http://dti.railfan.net/Pototype_Images/Rolling_Stock/89%27FlatsRacks/89%27FlatAutoRacks.html
ROCK Portec enclosed trilevels ETTX 820260-820299 all went to DTI in 1981 and got GT logos and had their bifold doors replaced with yellow radial doors. They later went to UP.
All of the ROCK Portec shielded and fully enclosed bilevels and trilevels mounted on ROCK flats went to GTW.
Thank you for the information on the Rock 3-Level Auto Rack on the Trailer Train Flat car. That is very helpful.
Andrew Falconer
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I suppose it's about four years passed on since this is really pertinent information to the person who originally asked it- but the CNW did pick up a very small number of ex-Rock Island Paragon built tri-levels. These were of the older type with open sides that were paneled over- I think it was about 15 or so. The one car I have a photo of is on a TTX flat (TTRX 960385) the rack is painted "Bankruptcy Blue" and the CNW herald is a simple white stencil on the nameplate.
The majority of all the types of cars the CNW picked up are chronicled in the CNWHS publications and their "Final Freight Car Roster" book.
fuzzybrokenCNW got TONS of Rock GP7s and GP9s, and picked up a pending order of GP38-2s. GTW also got a batch of GP38-2s. Rock's SD40-2s went to ICG, then EMD, and some ended up on WSOR. Here's one of my favorite ex-Rock covered hopper photos: http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4081832&a=31293073&p=71122980&f=0 Very cool! You can still see the old "Rock Island" speed lettering!
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I have not seen the Thrall Car Ex-ROCK Covered Hoppers, only the ACF and Pullman-Standard Ex-ROCK Covered Hoppers.
Thanks for the link.
falconerThe Rock Island Equipment went to many railroads after the 1980 bankruptcy. Mo-Pac and Grand Trunk Western got the GP38-2 Units. Bessemer & Lake Erie got Three-Bay. Open-Top Hoppers. Grand Trunk Western got Box Cars. Chicago & North Western got Gondolas, Cabooses, Waffle-SIde Box Cars, Pullman-Standard Covered Hoppers, AIRSLIDE Hoppers, Ballast Hoppers. Union Pacific got Pullman-Standard Covered Hoppers. RUSX got ACF Center-Flow 3-Bay Covered Hoppers. 4600 Cu. Ft. Capy. What Railroads got the rest of the Rock Island Equipment? Specifically which railroads bought the Rock Island Auto Racks?
One Rock Island ballast car is at IRM, via C&NW. Also C&NW GP7 4160, ex Rock Island.
http://freight.railfan.ca/cgi-bin/search.pl?marks=RI&display=full
http://freight.railfan.ca/cgi-bin/search.pl?marks=ROCK&display=full
Chris van der Heide
My Algoma Central Railway Modeling Blog
Between Joliet and Bloomington, Il on the east side of I55 there is an old Rock Island flat car which is used as a bridge over a ditch.
ed
Covered Hoppers. 4750 Cuft: RUSX got a number of the ACF types, CNW (UP) still has a number of both the PS and ACF types in the system. Some were returned to lessor earlier this year, I would say several hundred. The CNW 190xxx series (ex-RI) were also returned to least earlier this year. IMRL/ICE also had quite a few of them, and they are still in service.
Some of the 4750's were returned to NAHX, and now have NAHX marks, I see them from time to time, very few of them left.
3000 Cuft: UP got a number of them all being repainted by now, a few still in cement service, in the 218xxx series.
During 2009 many former blue & white ROCK Gondolas with EAMX reporting marks have been in CN trains in Michigan. EAMX stands for Everest Railcar Services.
Andrew
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