CRIP E8A #644 - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Mike Maskel	General	GREAT SHOT	10/2/2016 12:34:13 PM

Tom Beckett	General	Cool shot. The second unit is one of the two E6AB's, a booster unit with one engine and a cab/baggage compartment. It would take the Colorado Springs section, with the rest of the train going to Denver. The split was done at Limon, where the Rock crossed the UP. The Denver section moved onto the UP there for the last 75 miles of the trip. Eastbound, the process was reversed, with the train coming into Limon as two trains, being combined there. I think there was a photo essay on this in a recent issue of Classic Trains.	10/3/2016 3:22:39 AM

CRIP E8A #644 - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Nice action shot of the EMD E8A near Joliet, IL. Built by EMD in June of 1951, the unit was heading up the "Rocky Mountain Rocket" at this point in its life. An unknown photographer caught the roadside action.
Date: 6/1/1956	Location: Joliet, IL	Views: 848	Collection Of: Gary Everhart
Locomotives: CRIP 644(E8A)			Author: Gary Everhart

Picture Categories: Roster		This picture is part of album: Misc Rock Island Diesels

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