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In a message dated 2/21/2009 2:15:40 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
johng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Have You Ever Heard of THE ROCK ? Yes I have.
Oh! You probably want an answer to your detailed
question! Well THE ROCK was either a pro wrestler or a poor marketing idea
for the bankrupt Rock Island railroad.
The Rock Island railroad went from a scheme of reds and browns
for locomotives and cars to an almost sky blue color and from calling themselves
the Rock Island railroad to "THE ROCK". The clean, blue freight cars were
a distinctive sight throughout the US but blue paint did not work any better
than red and the railroad eventually shut down.
The "THE ROCK" paint scheme started I believe in 1978 so these
blue freight cars would never have been seen in Penn Central freight
trains.
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