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| Title: |
Unusual AB-6 unit |
| Description: |
one of two AB-6 units built for the RI by EMD in 1940 - a B unit with cab to head Colorado Springs section of Rocky Mountain Rocket when divided at Limon, Colorado |
| Photo Date: |
9/9/1961 Upload Date: 4/6/2008 11:57:35 AM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
EDWARD J. OZOG |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
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1902 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
"Those Esthetic E's," Page 25, 1964 |
| Description: |
Here is page six of an eight-page cover article by David P. Morgan & Al Kamm, Jr., entitled "Those Esthetic E's: A Story Of The Power That Bumped Steam Off The Varnish." It was published originally in the May 1964 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 25. Top Right Photo Caption: Rock Island bought a pair of AB-model 1000 h.p. units in May 1940 for Limon-Colorado Springs leg of Rocky Mountain Rocket." |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1964 Upload Date: 10/1/2023 4:18:11 AM |
| Location: |
LaGrange, IL |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) MP 7100(AA) MP 7002(E6A) LN 450A(E6A) |
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263 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Picture 12, CB&Q/CRI&P Wreck |
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| Photo Date: |
9/28/1964 Upload Date: 6/15/2007 10:00:24 PM |
| Location: |
Montgomery, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 638B(E7B) CRIP 750(AB6) |
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3574 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P AB6 750 |
| Description: |
Rock Island AB6 750 at 47th Street in Chicago, Illinois on March 28, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in June 1940 ( c/n 1066 ) on EMC Order E306B, it was sold for scrap to Joliet Railway Equipment during January 1974. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1965 Upload Date: 6/10/2017 6:54:34 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
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611 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P AB6 750 |
| Description: |
CRI&P AB6 750, 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois, March 28, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in June 1940 (c/n 1066) on EMC Order E306B, it was sold for scrap to Joliet Railway Equipment during January 1974. As originally built, it had a single 12-567 prime mover and a baggage section where the second prime mover would be. The concept was to run this locomotive (with an E6A leading) on the Rocky Mountain Rocket from Chicago to Limon, Colorado, where the train was broken into two sections, one going to Denver, and the AB6 would power the other section to Colorado Springs. Although two A-units could have sufficed, at the time Rock Island's management was concerned about the aesthetics of the train. One prime mover proved insufficient as the passenger load increased, and this unit and 751 (another AB6) were returned to EMD for installation of a second prime mover, making them E6B's with a cab. Sometime during 1965, both AB6's exchanged their steam generators for HEP power plants and were assigned to commuter service. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1965 Upload Date: 9/7/2010 12:23:24 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
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1847 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P AB6 750 |
| Description: |
CRI&P AB6 750, 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois, March 28, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in June 1940 (c/n 1066) on EMC Order E306B, it was sold for scrap to Joliet Railway Equipment during January 1974. As originally built, it had a single 12-567 prime mover and a baggage section where the second prime mover would be. The concept was to run this locomotive (with an E6A leading) on the Rocky Mountain Rocket from Chicago to Limon, Colorado, where the train was broken into two sections, one going to Denver, and the AB6 would power the other section to Colorado Springs. Although two A-units could have sufficed, at the time Rock Island's management was concerned about the aesthetics of the train. One prime mover proved insufficient as the passenger load increased, and this unit and 751 (another AB6) were returned to EMD for installation of a second prime mover (I'm trying to find the date the second prime mover was added), making them E6B's with a cab. Sometime during 1965, both AB6's exchanged their steam generators for HEP power plants and were assigned to commuter service. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1965 Upload Date: 10/20/2009 11:12:22 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
| Views: |
1663 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Blunt Ends Forward, Shall We Race? At Englewood Union Station |
| Description: |
An AB6 had an E6B carbody modified with a single 1000 h.p. engine, windows and controls at one end, baggage compartment, and steam generator. Only two were built by EMD in June 1940 for the Rock Island (#s 750 and 751) for the Rocky Mountain Rocket (Google it). The train would run from Chicago to Limon, CO with an EA-unit on the front and an AB6 second. The train was split at Limon with the AB6 taking a few cars to Colorado Springs and the other unit taking the rest of the cars to Denver. The reverse happened on the trip to Chicago. Of course over the years there were variations on this theme. The six pictures I am posting are about how the EA6s lived out there lives in commuter service in Northeastern, Illinois. It looks to me that a second diesel was added in the baggage compartment making each a full E-unit. Can someone confirm this? Enjoy! |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/1965 Upload Date: 2/25/2007 8:49:11 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) CRIP 535(SW1) |
| Views: |
1655 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 750 at Englewood Union Station in 1965 |
| Description: |
An AB6 had an E6B carbody modified with a single 1000 h.p. engine, windows and controls at one end, baggage compartment, and steam generator. Only two were built by EMD in June 1940 for the Rock Island (#s 750 and 751) for the Rocky Mountain Rocket (Google it). The train would run from Chicago to Limon, CO with an EA-unit on the front and an AB6 second. The train was split at Limon with the AB6 taking a few cars to Colorado Springs and the other unit taking the rest of the cars to Denver. The reverse happened on the trip to Chicago. Of course over the years there were variations on this theme. The six pictures I am posting are about how the EA6s lived out there lives in commuter service in Northeastern, Illinois. It looks to me that a second diesel was added in the baggage compartment making each a full E-unit. Can someone confirm this? Enjoy! |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/1965 Upload Date: 2/25/2007 8:49:08 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
| Views: |
2286 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Come On Guys, Let's Go! Englewood Union Station |
| Description: |
An AB6 had an E6B carbody modified with a single 1000 h.p. engine, windows and controls at one end, baggage compartment, and steam generator. Only two were built by EMD in June 1940 for the Rock Island (#s 750 and 751) for the Rocky Mountain Rocket (Google it). The train would run from Chicago to Limon, CO with an EA-unit on the front and an AB6 second. The train was split at Limon with the AB6 taking a few cars to Colorado Springs and the other unit taking the rest of the cars to Denver. The reverse happened on the trip to Chicago. See: http://www.railroademporium.com/images/stories/ri/rocky-mountain-rocket-lg.jpg. Of course over the years there were variations on this theme. A second diesel was added in the baggage compartment making each a full E-unit. The six pictures I am posting are about how the EA6s lived out there lives in commuter service in Northeastern, Illinois. What is all that piping on the roof? Enjoy! |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/1965 Upload Date: 2/25/2007 8:49:09 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
| Views: |
3093 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P AB6 750 |
| Description: |
CRI&P AB6 750 at 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois, June 13, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in June 1940 (c/n 1066) on EMC Order E306B, it was powered by a single 12-567 prime mover and a baggage door where the door over the fuel tank is located. Later a second prime mover was added. I cannot find the exact date, but photos shot in 1957 show a second prime mover and no baggage door. Sometime during 1965, the steam generator was replaced by a HEP power plant, and the unit was assigned to suburban service. It was sold for scrap to Joliet Railway Equipment during January 1974. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1965 Upload Date: 10/28/2009 10:47:34 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
| Views: |
1048 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRIP 750 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/1/1967 Upload Date: 5/28/2014 2:08:22 PM |
| Location: |
New Lenox, IL |
| Author: |
Ken Carlson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
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667 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rock Island 750 EMD AB6 |
| Description: |
Rock Island #750 EMD AB6 at Blue Island, Illinois station |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1969 Upload Date: 5/23/2020 3:01:14 PM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Bob Stekl |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
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455 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Headlights Have It, Train #506 with 2 Pullman Standard Coaches |
| Description: |
An AB6 had an E6B carbody modified with a single 1000 h.p. engine, windows and controls at one end, baggage compartment, and steam generator. Only two were built by EMD in June 1940 for the Rock Island (#s 750 and 751) for the Rocky Mountain Rocket (Google it). The train would run from Chicago to Limon, CO with an EA-unit on the front and an AB6 second. The train was split at Limon with the AB6 taking a few cars to Colorado Springs and the other unit taking the rest of the cars to Denver. The reverse happened on the trip to Chicago. Of course over the years there were variations on this theme. The six pictures I am posting are about how the EA6s lived out there lives in commuter service in Northeastern, Illinois. It looks to me that a second diesel was added in the baggage compartment making each a full E-unit. Can someone confirm this? Enjoy! |
| Photo Date: |
3/29/1971 Upload Date: 2/25/2007 8:49:10 PM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
| Views: |
1485 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 750 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/2/1971 Upload Date: 3/1/2007 9:00:26 AM |
| Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
| Views: |
1409 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRIP WB |
| Description: |
-750(AB-6) |
| Photo Date: |
12/29/1971 Upload Date: 9/11/2011 9:57:35 AM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Gil Ford |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
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642 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRIP WB |
| Description: |
677-750(F-7A;AB-6) |
| Photo Date: |
12/29/1971 Upload Date: 9/11/2011 9:59:01 AM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Gil Ford |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
| Views: |
769 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RI 750 |
| Description: |
Rare EMD AB-6 Locomotive |
| Photo Date: |
8/11/1972 Upload Date: 9/20/2011 6:47:34 PM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Robert Farkas |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
| Views: |
980 Comments: 7 |
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| Title: |
RI 750 |
| Description: |
EMD AB-6A |
| Photo Date: |
8/11/1972 Upload Date: 6/24/2014 6:27:30 PM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Robert Farkas |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
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581 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
Rock Island 750 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/11/1972 Upload Date: 3/8/2017 8:09:40 PM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Robert Farkas |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
| Views: |
428 Comments: 7 |
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| Title: |
CRIP 750 AB6 |
| Description: |
Last AB6 on roster. |
| Photo Date: |
6/2/1973 Upload Date: 1/7/2018 2:24:42 AM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Dean E Arnold |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
| Views: |
409 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RI AB6 getting scrapped |
| Description: |
RI's AB6 #750 getting cut up in Rockdale, IL. Sad sight. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1974 Upload Date: 2/4/2014 2:46:04 PM |
| Location: |
Rockdale, IL |
| Author: |
Ken Carlson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 750(AB6) |
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1456 Comments: 3 |
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