Rock Island employee Said, "we lose a dollar on every car but we're gonna make it up in volume". Trains mag. Oct '69
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2012, at 6:19 PM, JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> wrote: > They probably lasted that long only because the Rock had cash-flow problems. > > Jace Kahn > General Manager > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > The RI units were traded to EMD in 6-65. The trucks may have been recycled > for use under a GP35. DJE > > > > > Perhaps not quite ten percent of the total--which was never large (but a lot > more survivors of the class than much more > numerous and more famous steam locomotives, perhaps the most conspicuous > instance the NYC Hudson). I don't think > any B&M or C&EI or Rock Island units survived. BL-2's were poor resale > candidates to other roads, so most ended > up as EMD trade-ins. > > Jace Kahn > > > > On 4/12/2012 3:54 PM, JGG KahnSr wrote: > I think an ex-Monon unit is one of the very few surviving ones--at the > Kentucky museum, if memory serves. > > > There are 3 or 4 BLs still around. > > A Western Maryland unit is still earning its keep in Belington WV doing > freight and passenger service on the West Virginia Central. As with much of > the WVC equipment, it is painted in correct WM colors. > > WVC also runs an A-B-A set of Fs in WM and last year added a GP9 in B&O to > the roster. Tis like living in a time warp! > > Bill > > >
