Six units, six paint schemes – in 1963 not an uncommon sight at the head end of Rock Island freight 82 out of Denver, here behind F7A 126. The train, mostly empty auto racks and interchange gathered at Rio Grande’s North Yard, has just passed Sable and will follow Union Pacific’s Kansas City line as far as Limon, then strike out on Rock’s own tracks across the wheatfields of eastern Colorado and western Kansas. The Rockies are still in view, but it’s not all downhill as the units work a short grade.
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just heritage schemes, not just commemorative schemes - this album is devoted to some of the world's most interesting paint schemes, past or present.
