ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD PART 2

#trains #diesellocomotive #history Paul Sartori joined our trainclub during mid 1997, in 1998 osmr had to find a new home and we ended up using a machine shop in apopka for most of the year, the shop had a small office that had a hvac and on tuesdays some of our club members would show up in the afternoons and Paul would put on a show with his train movies for entertainment. Pauls shows covered Alote of the united states as he moved very frequently Paul also recently converted all his movies to DVD so they can be played at the train club and so they can be shared to everyone watching the youtube channel. Special thanks to Paul for the movies all the credit goes to him! ILLEGAL COPY OR UPLOAD OF THIS ON ANYONE ELSE’S CHANNEL WILL GET PROSECUTED.

[@chriscummings4206]

There are many adults who build trains from LEGO, and many of them are very detailed (& expensive to build,) and the bright red and yellow diesel colors make it easy to build a roster for The Rock. I greatly appreciate your video series and find the slow pace and the fact that you are understanding of new railfan ignorance of knowledge about such things refreshing. Everyday, I try to find something new, thus broadening my interests in trains. Those EMD E series engines are beautiful.

[@FreihEitner]

Some nice vintage photos of a long-lost railroad.

[@ORLANDOSOCIETYOFMODELRRCLUB]

Thank you

[@cprtrain]

Outstanding. Thanks.

[@caseyvillemodelrailroad3877]

Great vidio, love the old locos, im in 0 gauge of this period.Thanks for the morning coffee...

[@ORLANDOSOCIETYOFMODELRRCLUB]

Thank you for watching

[@Greatdome99]

3:13: FTs were designed to be operated in A-B pairs only; in fact they were permanently coupled together with a fixed drawbar. The A unit did not have a starting battery and the B unit had a small steam generator for cab heat. Evidently RI modified innards as well as exterior pieces. 12:12: H-15-44, not HH15-44. I think you were thinking of Alco's little HH660 switcher. 32:47: Late model U25Bs had upgraded U28 innards (2800hp) though U25B carbodies were used on early U28s. UP scrapped its RI U-Boats and GP40s not long after they recovered them since they didn't have dynamic brakes. I saw some in a Tacoma WA scrap yard in 1982.

[@ORLANDOSOCIETYOFMODELRRCLUB]

Thank you for the information

[@richardmead9225]

At the Oklhoma Railroad Museum, ALCO RS1 Built in May 1943 by American Locomotive Works for the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. Builder’s No. 70817 (Phase II RS 1) Road number 743. Went through several owners before being purchased in 1986 by Eddie Birch Jr. & Jim Terrell who donated the locomotive to the Oklahoma Railway Museum in 2000. Weight: 240,000 pounds. Fuel: 1000 gallons

[@ORLANDOSOCIETYOFMODELRRCLUB]

Thanks for sharing this information

[@joejoebus8814]

I ♥ The Rock Island Lines, a mighty fine line.

[@ORLANDOSOCIETYOFMODELRRCLUB]

thanks for watching we appreciate it

[@stephenlineman]

looks to me they went bankrupt for painting engines 35 times to new schemes

[@hongs8867]

Thanks for the video. Lots a great memories when I was growing up

[@ORLANDOSOCIETYOFMODELRRCLUB]

Your welcome glad you enjoyed it

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

The Trans-Kentucky Terminal,,,TTI,,,,bought up some RI U28Bs,,,,,,,they were in the U25B car body. I photoed some of them. The TTI was a spin off L&N branch from Paris , Ky to a coal loading facility on the OHIO River in Maysville , Ky. Interestingly,,,,,CSX would later buy back the line.

[@ORLANDOSOCIETYOFMODELRRCLUB]

Thank you for sharing this information