Reply to "O Gauge Rock Island"

@Trinity River Bottoms Boomer posted:

FYI Rock Island fans:  Many OGR members are aware that the former Rock Island Technical Society "derailed" back around 2018.  There are rumors as to what happened.  Since OGR rules won't permit such stuff to be printed here on the forum with good reason, I searched Google and found a new site devoted to The Rock at www.rockislandreporter.com

The Inaugural Issue (December 2013) and issues through the May 2021 issue can be read online at no charge.  They do accept donations.  Afterall, there's no such thing as a free lunch in any depot diner in Century 21!  The December 2013 issue pretty well explains what happened at the RITS and why the Society  disbanded.

So board the Rock Island Reported to insure that The Rock Island Line remains a Mighty Fine Road!

Item:  The late C&W singer Sonny James kept The Rock alive in the late 60's with his recording of "68 Rock Island Line".  James' new toe tapper version which can be seen on YouTube isn't bad at all.

Joe

@Choo Choo Charlie posted:

This Lionel 2018 is a Rock Island locomotive because that decal I added says so.  I had 4 plain black, good running 2018 to 2026, 2-6-4 locos so on went the decals.

Charlie

Charlie

During the steam era, CRI&P owned a sizable fleet of 4-8-4 "Northern" locos; alleged as the largest number of that configuration at the time.  Lionel made an O-gauge model of that loco, and I have one on a display shelf. Because of the limited size of my train room, my layout is limited to O42 curves and switches. That loco requires O6O (better yet, O72) minimum curves, so it will always be a "looker" and not a "runner" at Mottler Station.

Mike Mottler    LCCA 12394