[RITSlist] THE ROCK lives

[Andy Baldwin VO]

I live in Tucson and travel to Casa Grande and Yuma along the Sunset Route
so I see a lot of UP trains with Rock boxes and hoppers. It is kind of nice
to see little pieces of the Rock Island. I just wish that it had been the
Rock and the SP that swallowed the UP.  

Andy B.
Tucson

-----Original Message-----
From: ritslist-bounces at thunder.simpson.edu
[mailto:ritslist-bounces at thunder.simpson.edu] On Behalf Of RJ Casares
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 4:15 PM
To: ritslist at simpson.edu
Subject: Re: [RITSlist] THE ROCK lives

At the RR yard where I work, I see quite a few former blue boxcars and 
hopper cars.
I take my camera to work when I am working days, just to record what's going

by.

The CEFX folks were using quite a few former blue gondolas in aggregate 
service
until this year. I've not seen any of them in a while. Most of the gondolas 
with their
reporting marks are now painted black.

Back in 1997-1999, there were quite a few boxcars on the former KCM&O line
between San Angelo and Presido Texas. The line was run as the "South Orient"
line, and these cars could be seen in small towns along the line, such as 
Rankin,
Barnhart, and Big Lake. What made these cars stand out was that they had not
completely painted over, and were still pretty good looking.

Robert Casares



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward" <bbent at kconline.com>
To: <ritslist at simpson.edu>; <Iowa-Interstate at yahoogroups.com>; "Gerald 
Berwald" <glb141072 at mchsi.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [RITSlist] THE ROCK lives


> Yeah.
>
> The other day from my school crossing position, I saw a very large R on 
> the
> side of a grain car just as it cleared the grade crossing, some 5 blocks
> away.
>
> Edward & Sharon Batesla
> Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
> Keep your wheels to the rails!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gerald Berwald" <glb141072 at mchsi.com>
> To: <ritslist at simpson.edu>; <Iowa-Interstate at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 11:58 AM
> Subject: [RITSlist] THE ROCK lives
>
>
>> On the old RI main line, outside our bedroom window, sits the IAIS
>> blue "The Rock" covered hopper.  Over 27 years after the shut down,
>> it's getting pretty faded, but still looks good.
>>
>> Jerry Berwald
>> Iowa City, Iowa
>>
^^^




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