[RITSlist] Qusetions on Rock Island 50-foot Pullman Standard Boxcars

[Jim Eager]

Jeff Worones wrote:
> The RI started tinkering with the slogans and paint schemes in late  
> 1978.

The blue and stylized R was used on the cover of the 1974 annual  
report, which, of course, was issued in 1975.
The first use of the scheme and THE ROCK slogan on a locomotive was  
on GP7u 4508 in 4-75.
I believe the first use on freight equipment was also in the spring  
of 1975, I think on 40ft boxcars sold to US Railway Equipment,  
reconditioned, and leased back, although El Reno could have started  
using it on repaints first.
Looks like the first use of the black R scheme on gons was in 1977.
The first use of the ROUTE ROCK slogan was in 1978 on new car  
deliveries, looks like starting with the 300000-300499 series FMC  
boxcars in 8-78, but El Reno used both THE and ROUTE  on cars into  
late 1979.
The first use of the white reverse scheme was either in 7-79 on the  
PS boxcars Eric asked about, unless one of the few bay window  
cabooses were repainted earlier.

> Pure speculation, but I wonder if the W&OV cars came first and were  
> painted white to distinguish them...
> Then the Rock cars followed in the same color.

Nope, the W&OV cars were built at the tail end of the order.

Jim Eager <jeager at sympatico.ca>
Toronto, Ontario, Canada



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