[RITSlist] Fwd: RI #630 and #652

[D & E Hutchins]

Perhaps we need to start another "SAVE THE 630/652" fund drive and, 
also, ask for volunteers to get them transported from Baldwin City  to 
the Savannah facility.  We now have plenty of space to display them and 
maybe even run them within the confines of the location.
Dick Hutchins

On Jun 4, 2007, at 8:26 PM, Tony Bowen wrote:

> I see they are going to try to sell them again.  -Tony
>
>>> Rock Island E-units for sale
>>>
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>>> June 1, 2007
>>>
>>> KIRBYVILLE, Mo. - Ozark Mountain Railcar LLC is offering former Rock 
>>> Island E6 No. 630 and E8 652 for sale, according to their Web site. 
>>> No. 630 is one of the few remaining "slant-nose" EMD cab units still 
>>> in existence. The unit, after decades in long distance passenger 
>>> service, gained fame pulling commuter trains out of Chicago in the 
>>> 1970s. Built in 1941, the unit is not currently in operating 
>>> condition. The asking price is $66,000.
>>>
>>> E8 652 was built in 1952 and was initially used on the Twin Star 
>>> Rocket between Minneapolis and Houston. It also saw service on the 
>>> Golden State between Chicago andLos Angeles. In 1976 it was painted 
>>> into a Bicentennial scheme by Chicago's 20th Century Railroad Club 
>>> and named Independence. The current owners bought the 652 for 
>>> preservation and performed various repairs, restoring its original 
>>> Rock Island paint scheme. The unit is not currently in operating 
>>> condition. One engine will need a major overhaul and the second 
>>> engine is closer to operating condition. The asking price is 
>>> $88,000.
>>>
>>> Both units operated most recently on the 20-mile Midland Railway, a 
>>> heritage railroad operating between Baldwin City and Ottawa 
>>> Junction, Kan. To contact Ozark Mountain Railcar go to 
>>> www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com, or call 1-417-336-2401.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
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