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Post by marknycfan on Aug 31, 2020 7:23:49 GMT -8
Am I correct to say the bright red double deck cab cars & coaches were pulled and pushed by FP-7's?
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Post by edwardsutorik on Aug 31, 2020 11:23:37 GMT -8
Looks more like E's, to me. I would suggest bringing the question up on the PassengerCarList. I know there's at least a couple of very knowledgeable RI guys there. They helped me out a lot on my RI baggage car. Ed I'd be happy to go over to the PCL and ask for you. But could you please clarify some things: Are you interested in knowing if an FP7 EVER did that, or if they were used regularly, or somewhat regularly? When you ask after the bright red double deck cars coupled to the FP7, are you interested in a completely red set of cars, or a set of cars that had one or more red ones? Ed |
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Post by marknycfan on Sept 2, 2020 14:44:24 GMT -8
Hi Ed, was that the common motive power or were GP's also used?
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Post by edwardsutorik on Sept 2, 2020 16:43:09 GMT -8
Mark,
I know next to nothing about the Rock Island except:
I fixed the roof on my brass Rock Island express car, and it looks much better
It appears that Rock Island used E's, mostly, to pull the cars you're talking about. That's based on a free floating recollection and looking at images of Rock Island commuter trains on the internet.
I would say, if you want the right engine to pull the fancy red cars, use an E. If you want to insist that, today, an FP7 got the job, I surely won't argue. I'll also say the train looks much cooler pulled by an E than an FP7.
They also had, for example, BL2's. It looks mostly like they pulled the million year old cars. And NOT the new red cars.
And. One more thing I know about the Rock Island: there are some people who know a lot more than I do, and I know how to find them.
Ed
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Post by rockfan on Dec 24, 2021 9:32:14 GMT -8
The FP7's were bought for commuter service, but for cars that used steam heat. So it was a good choice since they had a huge water capacity as all FP7's did.
You're talking about HEP power, RI used the F7's 675,6,7 all converted to HEP along with many E units including the AB6's.
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