Wow, this is quite an upgrade for this hard luck line. From the profile I would guess this is an old RI unit built with trade in fans from retired F units. What happened to the CF7?.
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Love it! PCA from me.
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From what I can see,this unit is set up for long hood forward operation.I can't think of what engines the Rock Island had set up that way. The bell on the long hood,and you can just see the letter F on the frame on the long hood end.A frame number at this location,one can determine the history of the locomotive.
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From what I can see,this unit is set up for long hood forward operation.I can't think of what engines the Rock Island had set up that way. The bell on the long hood,and you can just see the letter F on the frame on the long hood end.A frame number at this location,one can determine the history of the locomotive.
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This could be of Illinois Terminal...Southern or RF&P, not N&W because they had dynamic breaking on there GP9's.
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4444 is actually an ex GTW GP9. Then it was sold to ACWR, then from there to the CTR. It has been operating there since around May of last year.
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CTR 4444 started life as a GTW GP9 1770. Then it was sold to TBRX; painted blue and renumbered to 4444. Then ACWR repainted it green in 2010, and has been operating for the Clinton Terminal since around this time 2012.
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Well conceived shot.
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Is that the ACWR 4444, TCBX4444, ex GT 4444?
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Yes
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