[RITSlist] Fwd: Rock Island Box Cars

[Dick Tinder]

Please reply to John Schmeling at the address below:

Thanks,

DT

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> From: john schmeling <monty200722 at sbcglobal.net>
> Date: February 2, 2007 4:25:29 AM CST
> To: tinder at storm.simpson.edu
> Subject: Rock Island Box Cars
>
> Hi Dick, I hope I got the right person, I was trying
> to get in touch somebody who was involved with the
>     Rock Island Technical Society.
>
> The question I was trying to get an answer to was
> towards the end of the Rock Island they had a number
> of 60ft single door auto parts box cars that some of
> them got painted into there last scheme which was
> light blue and lettered The Rock with the large R logo
> on the right hand side of the car, Atlas did these
> cars in Ho Scale some time back and offered them in
> differnt numbers (two if I remember right)) one was
> numbered Rock 533815 with a ER3-78 date on it. After
> the Rocks shut down what ever happened to these cars.
> I used to work for the SP and I  saw tons of blue and
> white ex Rock Island box cars patched into CNW but all
> these were 50ft cars and I saw one ex Rock Isand 60ft
> auto box car in the brown scheme patched as a UP car
> but I never saw any of the 60ft blue cars after the
> rock Island shut down.
>
> Long question I know, Thanks for your help  John
>
>
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Dick Tinder
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