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Rock Island lives on in restored GP7 No. 1275
Very nice!
Is it operational, or was this just a cosmetic restoration?
Good use of the colors, which I would say are hard to make work.
Apropos of nothing, other than it’s locomotive related, Clickhole (a parody site run by The Onion) posted this today, which I thought some here might find amusing: http://www.clickhole.com/article/look-your-best-7-most-slimming-trains-stand-next-2968
Great paint job! Getting it back to Eldon will be interesting. Eldon is at the intersection of the Des Moines- Keokuk line & the Davenport- Allerton section of the Golden State route, both long-abandoned. Closest railroad is BNSF in Ottumwa. It will have to be trucked from there.
It’s nice to see a piece of railroad “history” restored for future generations to see and appreciate.
Remember the Rock! Great looking engine but was RI 1275 chop nosed? Still, I hope to see it in Eldon some time!
Nice work, but isn’t that Geep sporting a “Cleburne Cab” like what was seen on “square cab” CF7’s? Either way, it’s nice to see the CRI&P colors on a loco again.
I have consulted my book “Rock Island Diesel Locomotives” and found that number 1275 was indeed chop nosed. Great job and I hope to see it sometime!
It’s strange up here to hear that called a “Cleburne Cab”. 'Round these parts (Kansas City) they’re called “Topeka Cabs”.
@Zach H., I didn’t know that AT&SF’s Topeka Shops did that modification, I thought that was only done in their Cleburne Shops, learn something new every day!