I am investigating some train action from my youth, particularly what was the locomotive consist on the Rock Island in northern Iowa during the late 50's, early 60's. The location I am interested in is Garner Iowa on the Des Moines subdivison, Forest City branch...station number 55033 to be exact. As best as I can recollect, the daily Garner switch job came up from Dows going thru granger country. I imagine that the loco would have been an EMD SW1 or NW2. All I can remember a black loco in the RI markings for the day, a slopped transition just before the cab, but can not recall if 1 or 2 stacks. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated to complete my search.
Dean S May
Do you have any books on Iowa railroads? I have a few of them and they are a wealth of information. You could also join the Iowa Interstate Yahoo group as some of them may also know the answer to your question.
I do have some volumes on railroading in Iowa, but no specific loco information was given. I will now look in the Yahoo Groups. Forgot about them...thanks for the suggestion!
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