Rock Island Passes Culver Tower in Muscatine Iowa  Contributor's Pick!       
Neat picture sent to me from a friend. This picture was not taken by me. Exact date is unknown.
Date: 1/1/1978 Location: Muscatine, IA   Map Show Muscatine on a rail map Views: 1775 Collection Of:   Rich Varner
Locomotives: CRIP 4525(GP7R) CRIP 280(U28B)    Author:  Rich Varner
Rock Island Passes Culver Tower in Muscatine Iowa
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Name Type Comments Date
Jack Prange II General Crip reporting mark 4/22/2018 2:54:36 PM
Bradley Reim General Homepage 11/14/18 6:54AM 11/14/2018 6:54:21 AM
Tim Howard General Muscatine IA Culver Tower at Oregon Street (Looking SW) 5/26/2020 12:57:16 PM
Tom Beckett General Date would have to be after 1975, when the "bankruptcy blue" scheme was introduced, and prior to Mar 31 1980, when Rock shut down. I see pigs behind the power, so this is an actual Rock Island train, and not an equipment move for the trustee, so can't be later than that. The leader is a GP 7(not GP 9), followed by what looks like a couple of U25B's or U28B's, and a U33B. There's an unidentifieable fifth unit as well. Nice capture of the Rock in its end days. Home page 03-04-2022 3/4/2022 4:47:43 AM
Paul Rome General Great Homepage photo Rich! The second unit is a GE U28B in bankruptcy blue paint! I never saw any Rock GE's repainted into the blue scheme. Great shot! Thanks for posting it! 5/22/2022 11:15:49 AM

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