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1245-04 Awkward interchange between C&NW and SOO at BN ex-GN at First Street North (Hole in the wall)
Title:  1245-04 Awkward interchange between C&NW and SOO at BN ex-GN at First Street North (Hole in the wall)
Description:  After their outbound train was shoved out of the Railway Transfer onto the ex-NP, C&NW 4514-4493 reverse through the hole to couple on.
Photo Date:  7/1/1982  Upload Date: 9/13/2008 4:21:41 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 4514(GP9) CNW 4493(GP7R)
Views:  474   Comments: 0
1245-06 Awkward interchange between C&NW and SOO at BN ex-GN at First Street North (Hole in the wall)
Title:  1245-06 Awkward interchange between C&NW and SOO at BN ex-GN at First Street North (Hole in the wall)
Description:  After their outbound train was shoved out of the Railway Transfer onto the ex-NP, C&NW 4514-4493 have coupled on and head to East Mpls.
Photo Date:  7/1/1982  Upload Date: 9/13/2008 4:22:20 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 4514(GP9) CNW 4493(GP7R)
Views:  836   Comments: 0
A rebulit Geep
Title:  A rebulit Geep
Description:  Cut the nose down, relocate the air tanks, rebuild the engine and she's good for another twenty years.
Photo Date:  5/30/1980  Upload Date: 7/15/2012 5:34:22 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Rob Sartain
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 4495(GP7R)
Views:  239   Comments: 1
CNW Wood St Intermodal Yard
Title:  CNW Wood St Intermodal Yard
Description:  In Addition to flat car storage, Wood Street also gathered loaded and empty paper loading boxcars that were delivered to Chicago's daily papers.
Photo Date:  8/26/1981  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:25:11 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  John Behrens
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  CNW 4495(GP7R)
Views:  899   Comments: 0
CNW 4495
Title:  CNW 4495
Description:  CNW 4495, exact date unknown
Photo Date:  9/1/1983  Upload Date: 3/25/2008 1:47:56 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 4495(GP7R)
Views:  1064   Comments: 5
CNW 4495
Title:  CNW 4495
Description:  CNW 4495, exact date unknown
Photo Date:  9/1/1983  Upload Date: 3/25/2008 1:48:31 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 4495(GP7R)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
CNW 4495
Title:  CNW 4495
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/17/1986  Upload Date: 12/13/2007 6:55:58 PM
Location:  Elk Grove, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 4495(GP7R)
Views:  432   Comments: 0
CNW 4495
Title:  CNW 4495
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/14/1986  Upload Date: 1/21/2010 7:51:06 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 4495(GP7R)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
BRC 601
Title:  BRC 601
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/14/1986  Upload Date: 1/21/2010 7:46:22 PM
Location:  Northlake, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BRC 601(C424) CNW 4495(GP7R)
Views:  441   Comments: 0
BRC 601 at proviso
Title:  BRC 601 at proviso
Description:  BRC alcos pull a transfer into yard 9 at Proviso in the mid 1980's
Photo Date:  1/1/1999  Upload Date: 10/18/2006 11:49:44 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BRC 601(C424) BRC 600(C424) CNW 4495(GP7R)
Views:  518   Comments: 0
CNW 4495 at proviso
Title:  CNW 4495 at proviso
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1999  Upload Date: 10/18/2006 11:58:35 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 4495(GP7R)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
CRI&P GP7R #4500 leading e/b train
Title:  CRI&P GP7R #4500 leading e/b train
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/10/1976  Upload Date: 11/5/2020 4:32:53 PM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Gerard Putz
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CRIP 4500(GP7R)
Views:  196   Comments: 0
ROCK ISLAND 4500
Title:  ROCK ISLAND 4500
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 9/15/2004 7:08:40 PM
Location:  Howe, OK
Author:  DARREL RANTS
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4500(GP7R)
Views:  1209   Comments: 0
CRIP 4500
Title:  CRIP 4500
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/1976  Upload Date: 12/30/2009 10:30:02 PM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Jeff Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4500(GP7R) CRIP 4504(GP7R)
Views:  591   Comments: 2
CRIP 4500
Title:  CRIP 4500
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/1976  Upload Date: 1/13/2018 9:54:46 AM
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Author:  Steve Eudy
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4500(GP7R)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
CRI&P GP7R #4500
Title:  CRI&P GP7R #4500
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Burr Oak Yard.
Photo Date:  5/7/1977  Upload Date: 9/24/2006 11:16:33 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4500(GP7R)
Views:  714   Comments: 0
CRI&P U33B #196 + GP7R #4500
Title:  CRI&P U33B #196 + GP7R #4500
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/13/1977  Upload Date: 12/25/2020 4:01:39 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Gerard Putz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CRIP 196(U33B) CRIP 4500(GP7R)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
CRI&P 4500
Title:  CRI&P 4500
Description:  Rock Island 4500, named "Rock Island Locomotive Engineers," was rebuilt from GP7 1214, later became C&NW 4154. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 8/9/2009 1:37:10 PM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4500(GP7R)
Views:  776   Comments: 1
CRIP 4500
Title:  CRIP 4500
Description:  ROCK 4500 & ROCK 4505
Photo Date:  8/13/1978  Upload Date: 7/29/2020 3:58:34 PM
Location:  Silvis, IL
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CRIP 4500(GP7R) CRIP 4505(GP7R)
Views:  392   Comments: 0
CRIP 4500
Title:  CRIP 4500
Description:  from a negative, "Rock Island Locomotive Engineers"
Photo Date:  5/2/1979  Upload Date: 1/22/2014 12:14:45 PM
Location:  Peoria, IL
Author:  Daniel Schroeder
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4500(GP7R)
Views:  603   Comments: 0
CRI&P GP7R 4500
Title:  CRI&P GP7R 4500
Description:  CRI&P GP7R 4500, Blue Island, Illinois, October 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in September 1951 as RI GP7 1214 (c/n 15173) on EMD Order 5111, it was sold sometime in 1974-75 to Precision National Corporation, rebuilt by either ther Rock Island at Silvis (under contract to PNC), or by Morrison-Knudsen in Boise, Idaho, or by the ICG at their Paducah, Kentucky shops. The rebuilt locomotive was numbered 4500 and leased by PNC to the Rock Island, which named it, "Rock Island's Locomotive Engineers". When the Rock folded in 1980, this locomotive was returned to PNC, and later sold to the C&NW, becoming 4154.
Photo Date:  10/1/1979  Upload Date: 11/15/2009 10:05:16 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CRIP 4500(GP7R)
Views:  664   Comments: 1
CRI&P GP7R 4500
Title:  CRI&P GP7R 4500
Description:  CRI&P GP7R 4500 at Blue Island, Illinois on an unknown day in October 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  10/1/1979  Upload Date: 3/26/2012 11:13:14 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CRIP 4500(GP7R)
Views:  684   Comments: 1
The Rock at Pullman Junction
Title:  The Rock at Pullman Junction
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/10/1976  Upload Date: 1/24/2010 4:05:46 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4501(GP7R) CRIP 4517(GP7R)
Views:  511   Comments: 0
Rock Solid Geeps
Title:  Rock Solid Geeps
Description:  CRIP 4517 and 4501
Photo Date:  1/11/1976  Upload Date: 3/6/2010 1:00:37 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4517(GP7R) CRIP 4501(GP7R)
Views:  676   Comments: 0
RI 4502
Title:  RI 4502
Description:  Last Westbound out of Joliet on 3-31-80 before shutdown
Photo Date:  3/31/1980  Upload Date: 6/27/2005 4:13:16 AM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Daniel Tracy
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4502(GP7R)
Views:  816   Comments: 0
Rock dead line
Title:  Rock dead line
Description:  Its been 28 days after the Rock ceased to be a online shipper, a long line of geeps await disposition.
Photo Date:  4/27/1980  Upload Date: 2/6/2005 6:31:48 PM
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Author:  James Mischke
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4502(GP7R) CRIP 4506(GP7R)
Views:  2161   Comments: 1
CRIP 250
Title:  CRIP 250
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/1/1980  Upload Date: 2/4/2014 3:02:10 PM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Ken Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 250(U28B) CRIP 4503(GP7R) CRIP 1353(GP18)
Views:  898   Comments: 2
CRIP 4504
Title:  CRIP 4504
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/11/1976  Upload Date: 5/1/2012 10:49:11 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4504(GP7R)
Views:  373   Comments: 1
Rock Island 4504, 4510, 369, and 4516
Title:  Rock Island 4504, 4510, 369, and 4516
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/2/1977  Upload Date: 1/1/2010 11:37:34 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4504(GP7R) CRIP 4510(GP7R) CRIP 4516(GP7R) CRIP 369(GP40)
Views:  931   Comments: 1
Bankruptcy Blue
Title:  Bankruptcy Blue
Description:  RI 4516, 369, 4510, and 4504
Photo Date:  9/2/1977  Upload Date: 1/1/2010 11:38:33 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4516(GP7R) CRIP 369(GP40) CRIP 4510(GP7R) CRIP 4504(GP7R)
Views:  961   Comments: 1
CRI&P GP7 4504
Title:  CRI&P GP7 4504
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/1980  Upload Date: 3/6/2016 9:19:20 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Alan Niebel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4504(GP7R)
Views:  236   Comments: 1
CRI&P GP7 #4505
Title:  CRI&P GP7 #4505
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency
Photo Date:  12/4/1976  Upload Date: 8/16/2006 9:14:53 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4505(GP7R)
Views:  1243   Comments: 0
1090-04 CNW 4505
Title:  1090-04 CNW 4505
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 4/25/2007 12:08:03 PM
Location:  Rapid City, SD
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 4505(GP7R)
Views:  769   Comments: 1
1090-05 CNW 6617 and 4505
Title:  1090-05 CNW 6617 and 4505
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 4/25/2007 12:09:32 PM
Location:  Rapid City, SD
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 6617(SD7R) CNW 4505(GP7R)
Views:  887   Comments: 1
1090-13 CNW 1666 and 4505
Title:  1090-13 CNW 1666 and 4505
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1977  Upload Date: 4/25/2007 12:12:16 PM
Location:  Rapid City, SD
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 1666(RSD5) CNW 4505(GP7R)
Views:  1807   Comments: 0
CNW 4505 leads consist at Exit 37 I90 E of Sturgis, SD
Title:  CNW 4505 leads consist at Exit 37 I90 E of Sturgis, SD
Description:  CN&W 4505 leads the eb bentonite train from Colony WY to Rapid City SD and points east
Photo Date:  3/20/1979  Upload Date: 1/5/2008 2:22:53 AM
Location:  Belle Fourche, SD
Author:  Jerry Van Vactor
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 4505(GP7R)
Views:  768   Comments: 0
CNW 4505 approaches a country road crossing
Title:  CNW 4505 approaches a country road crossing
Description:  C&NW 4505 leads the bentonite loads as it approached a country road crossing east of St. Onge SD
Photo Date:  4/12/1980  Upload Date: 1/5/2008 2:23:08 AM
Location:  Saint Onge, SD
Author:  Jerry Van Vactor
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 4505(GP7R)
Views:  522   Comments: 1
CRIP 4506
Title:  CRIP 4506
Description:  at Peoria engine house
Photo Date:  12/3/1977  Upload Date: 7/13/2022 2:36:49 PM
Location:  Peoria, IL
Author:  Brian Knight
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CRIP 4506(GP7R)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
RI 4506
Title:  RI 4506
Description:  RI 4506 & 4517 roll a westbound by UD tower Joliet IL in 12-76
Photo Date:  4/22/2005  Upload Date: 4/24/2005 5:29:37 AM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Daniel Tracy
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4506(GP7R)
Views:  2381   Comments: 4
"The Rock" Resurrection
Title:  "The Rock" Resurrection
Description:  Inside the diesel shop, paint is being chipped away and metal work is progressing on the rebirth of Rock Island #4506 (formerly C&NW #4160). Also seen to the right E-units Milwuakee Road 33C and Burlington Northern #9908 are recieving metal work and on the left Union Pacific M-35 (doodlebug railcar) is receiving a roof rebuild.
Photo Date:  8/13/2017  Upload Date: 8/14/2017 12:03:36 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4506(GP7R)
Views:  949   Comments: 0
Rock Island #4506
Title:  Rock Island #4506
Description:  Something new peaking out the doors of Barn 2. The newly repainted Rock Island #4506.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/3/2018 5:21:31 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4506(GP7R)
Views:  478   Comments: 0
Ghost
Title:  Ghost
Description:  The Rock Island died 38-years-ago, yet idling in a yard in 2018 is a freshly repainted blue & white Geep.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/3/2018 5:25:17 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4506(GP7R)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
Bankruptcy Blue Geep
Title:  Bankruptcy Blue Geep
Description:  An extinct paint scheme is reborn. At least as far as locomotives. There are plenty of old freight cars still around wearing it... for now.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/3/2018 5:26:23 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4506(GP7R)
Views:  405   Comments: 0
Rock Island #4506
Title:  Rock Island #4506
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/3/2018 5:29:41 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4506(GP7R)
Views:  328   Comments: 1
Rock Island #4506
Title:  Rock Island #4506
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/3/2018 5:30:45 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4506(GP7R)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
CRIP 4506
Title:  CRIP 4506
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/7/2018  Upload Date: 7/8/2018 2:10:52 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Dylan Hunter
Categories:  Roster,Station,Track
Locomotives:  CRIP 4506(GP7R)
Views:  428   Comments: 1
CRIP 4506
Title:  CRIP 4506
Description:  Newly restored GP7 #4506, now proudly wearing the ''Bankruptcy Blue'' paint scheme idles at the Illinois Railway Museum prior to the day's runs.
Photo Date:  7/7/2018  Upload Date: 7/8/2018 2:04:20 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Dylan Hunter
Categories:  Roster,Station,Track
Locomotives:  CRIP 4506(GP7R)
Views:  557   Comments: 1
The Maiden Run
Title:  The Maiden Run
Description:  Newly restored GP7 #4506 smokes it up as it enters the museum's mainline on the first run of the day with a 4-car set of former RI commuter coaches in tow.
Photo Date:  7/7/2018  Upload Date: 7/8/2018 2:20:03 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Dylan Hunter
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CRIP 4506(GP7R)
Views:  489   Comments: 1
Rock Island #4506
Title:  Rock Island #4506
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/7/2018  Upload Date: 9/4/2018 7:49:23 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4506(GP7R)
Views:  144   Comments: 1
Rock Island #4506
Title:  Rock Island #4506
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/7/2018  Upload Date: 9/4/2018 7:50:43 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4506(GP7R)
Views:  204   Comments: 0


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