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| Author: | Bob Yarger [ Wed Dec 24, 2003 5:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 652 eastbound |
Rocky Mountain Rocket eastbound out of Limon, Colorado in the 1960s. Tired-looking lead unit 652 would be the only CRI&P E unit saved. Today it is nicely restored in eastern Kansas, and save for a freight style pilot added after a wreck in the late-1950s, looks as good as when it rolled out of LaGrange. http://photoswest.org:8080/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+11800+594+780112+93+0 ryarger@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Dan Rohrback [ Wed Dec 24, 2003 6:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 652 eastbound |
> Rocky Mountain Rocket eastbound out of > Limon, Colorado in the 1960s. Tired-looking > lead unit 652 would be the only CRI&P E > unit saved. Today it is nicely restored in > eastern Kansas. Hey Bob, The 652 was not the only CRIP E unit preserved. Unit 630, a slant-nose E-6, is under restoration at the same location in Kansas. Dan dan-rohrback@cox.net |
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| Author: | Bob Yarger [ Wed Dec 24, 2003 6:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Older sister 630 |
A 1942 shot near Limon with the 630, which was also saved (652 was the only newer E saved). The 630 is at the same museum, but needs a lot of work to look and run like this again. http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?00005909+OP-5909 ryarger@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Brendan G. [ Thu Dec 25, 2003 2:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Older sister 630 |
> A 1942 shot near Limon with the 630, which > was also saved (652 was the only newer E > saved). The 630 is at the same museum, but > needs a lot of work to look and run like > this again. The 630 was repainted back to this passenger scheme in 1988, I believe, and then displayed at Topeka Railroad Days that year. She does currently need some cosmetic work, but she is still a pretty old gal. While not able to power her own way, she is set up now as a cab control unit and can be m.u.'ed to our railway's other locomotives. It's odd to run her as cab control with no noise coming from the engine room(whisper cab:), you have to lean out the window to hear if the other locomotives are revving up when you notch out on the throttle. She also retains her #22 brake stand, which I understand is very rare these days. http://midland-ry.org/midland/images/engines/RI_630.jpg |
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