rock island

bought a athearn F7A- F7B yesterday. One of the boys kept buggin me and would let it go til we got him his own unit. one question since it is red silver and maroon is it a passanger unit correct?!

thanks

ray

Should be a passenger engine, yes. Rock Island freight diesels in the fifties came in a red/black paint scheme.

Passenger scheme:
http://www.rockisl.com/cgi-bin/display.asp?f=3&e=1&n=652-2a

Freight scheme:
http://www.rockisl.com/cgi-bin/display.asp?f=3&e=1&n=118-3aColor

thank you very much !!!

ray