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The Rock Island had some of the strangest one-of-a-kind diesels of any Class-1 railroad. I've got to look it up again to be sure but this early model ALCo was re-engineed at least once and maybe twice... notice the camel-back roofline and the EMD builder's plate. Here it is leaving Chicago with a Rocket.
This was originally an ALCo DL109. It entered the roster in 1941 and seems to have been scrapped in 1968, a couple of years after this picture was taken. This one-of-a kind was nick-named "Christine" by area railfans.
It had a paint scheme that was also nearly unique at the time. I have to go back to my collection of slides but I recall finding somewhere between 12 and 15 different colour schemes on the Rock's roster around this time. And then they switched to a peculiar shade of blue that faded quickly and never looked good... even fresh out of the paint shop.
This was originally an ALCo DL109. It entered the roster in 1941 and seems to have been scrapped in 1968, a couple of years after this picture was taken. This one-of-a kind was nick-named "Christine" by area railfans.
It had a paint scheme that was also nearly unique at the time. I have to go back to my collection of slides but I recall finding somewhere between 12 and 15 different colour schemes on the Rock's roster around this time. And then they switched to a peculiar shade of blue that faded quickly and never looked good... even fresh out of the paint shop.
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Great shot of this oddity