Rock Island Locomotive Portfolio 1950-1980 (Softcover) Equipment Item # 1332

Item # 1332

Bert Pennypacker Noted author Bert Pennypacker guides the reader through an all-color tour of the Reading's motive power

from its varied roster of passenger cars

Volume 2: D to M (MILW) includes D&H

Item #6093

Rock Island Locomotive Portfolio 1950-1980 (Softcover) Equipment Item # 1332By Stephen M. Timko To say the Rock Islands locomotive roster was unique is an understatement from the unorthodox purchasing of 44 tonners from Davenport and Whitcomb rather than then standard General Electric, to the late Alco era C 415 switcher model and EMD (and EMC) TA and AB models, to the standard E7 and E8 designs. Alco cab and booster units, re engined by EMD, oddball Lima 800 HP LS800 models, and other abnormalities made The Rock a railfans