On another day in the city, another unusual visitor passes through...
A GE Dash-9 44CW, painted up for the Rock Island by the AP&W, leads a BNSF 9-44CW on the point of a westbound intermodal.
Another shot of the two engines. Unfortunatly, the Rock Island unit is a "fantasy"; the real Rock Island went bankrupt and shut down in 1980, by which time the 50's 'Rocket' scheme this unit is painted in was long gone. While I don't have the AP&W owning the Rock Island, I do have it's predecessor, the APRR, partnering with the Rock in the late 70's after it's failed merger with the Union Pacific, and untimately being allowed to take over much of the Rock's assets after it failed. Thus I had an excuse to get this engine and place it in intermodal/priority service.
At the end of the train is this 3-unit all-purpose spine car. Each unit is designed to carry either two 28' trailers or one trailer up to 57' or one 40-53' container. In addition to carrying three 53' trailers, including the Swift and Schneider ones seen here, it also has an End-Of-Train device hanging from the coupler. This little device, which monitors the air pressure at the rear of the train and has a blinking light for rear-end protection, is what replaced the caboose on most trains.
AP&W 3163 and FURX 3004 bring GPL10 (Georgia Pacific Local #10) in from its run to the local paper mill. Judging from the empty centerbeam flatcars behind the boxcar, the train also made a stop at Smitty Lumber as well.
At the end of another day, a couple walks past The Pub. The sign in the window says it all for some people!
A GE Dash-9 44CW, painted up for the Rock Island by the AP&W, leads a BNSF 9-44CW on the point of a westbound intermodal.
Another shot of the two engines. Unfortunatly, the Rock Island unit is a "fantasy"; the real Rock Island went bankrupt and shut down in 1980, by which time the 50's 'Rocket' scheme this unit is painted in was long gone. While I don't have the AP&W owning the Rock Island, I do have it's predecessor, the APRR, partnering with the Rock in the late 70's after it's failed merger with the Union Pacific, and untimately being allowed to take over much of the Rock's assets after it failed. Thus I had an excuse to get this engine and place it in intermodal/priority service.
At the end of the train is this 3-unit all-purpose spine car. Each unit is designed to carry either two 28' trailers or one trailer up to 57' or one 40-53' container. In addition to carrying three 53' trailers, including the Swift and Schneider ones seen here, it also has an End-Of-Train device hanging from the coupler. This little device, which monitors the air pressure at the rear of the train and has a blinking light for rear-end protection, is what replaced the caboose on most trains.
AP&W 3163 and FURX 3004 bring GPL10 (Georgia Pacific Local #10) in from its run to the local paper mill. Judging from the empty centerbeam flatcars behind the boxcar, the train also made a stop at Smitty Lumber as well.
At the end of another day, a couple walks past The Pub. The sign in the window says it all for some people!
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