[RITSlist] Rail fan with a question in Wisconsin - this is not spam

[jmatrow at juno.com]

Tom,

This is a print of 1949 Howard Fogg painting of FA-1 #160 for American
Locomotive (ALCo) and it was presented to the Rock Island who probably
had these prints made.

When the Rock Island reengined the FA-1's with EMD engines, they
commissioned Fogg to update the painting.
He changed the number to 140 and added a microwave tower on the right
side to represent modern train communications. It was used in the RI 1957
calendar.

It was purchased at auction in 1981 by McMillan Publications who used the
right half on the cover of ROCK ISLAND RECOLLECTIONS by Robert P. Olsmed
in 1982.

I identified 12 locations with milepost 120. Maybe it is not a milepost
on the signal. 

John Matrow
Wichita KS

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:49:37 -0800 (PST) Tom McDermott
<mcfender at yahoo.com> writes:
The picture shows rock Island #160 coming out of a dual track area and
the visible signal tower shows yellow/caution.  I noticed the signal
tower has a number on it - 120- possibly the milepost.

I think these power units are ABA and possibly Alco FA's   

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