Penn Central Digest Tuesday, February 24 2009 Volume 08 : Number 046
Subjects in this issue:
PC: Ever Heard of THE ROCK
PC: Re: Ever Heard of THE ROCK
Re: PC: Ever Heard of THE ROCK
Re: PC: Ever Heard of THE ROCK
PC: RE: Ever Heard of THE ROCK
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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:14:12 +1100
From: "John Griffin" <
johng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: PC: Ever Heard of THE ROCK
Have You Ever Heard of THE ROCK ?
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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:16:43 +1100
From: "John Griffin" <
johng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: PC: Re: Ever Heard of THE ROCK
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From: "John Griffin" <
johng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <
penn-central@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 9:14 PM
Subject: Ever Heard of THE ROCK
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> Have You Ever Heard of THE ROCK ?
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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:45:45 EST
From:
Haagtk@xxxxxxxSubject: Re: PC: Ever Heard of THE
ROCK
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.
- -Tom Haag
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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:00:59 GMT
From: "John Wilson" <
nh4142@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: PC: Ever Heard of THE ROCK
Yes, but I'll be it's not the one you're thinking of. The one I know is a popular railfanning spot just north of the River St. Yard in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Former Penn Central territory.
John W.
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Message-----
From:
Haagtk@xxxxxxxSent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 7:45 AM
To:
penn-central@xxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: Re: PC: Ever Heard of THE ROCK
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.
- -Tom Haag
**************Need a job? Find an employment agency near you.
(
http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000003)
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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:52:59 -0500
From: "Earl D. Karper, Sr." <
EarlK@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: PC: RE: Ever Heard of THE ROCK
When the crews talked about "the Rock", it was in reference to Rockville
Tower, when it was still there, it used to be located on the East / north
side of the bridge. You do not specify in what context "The Rock" is being
used.
L8r,
Earl
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From:
owner-penn-central@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[mailto:
owner-penn-central@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Griffin
Sent: Saturday, 21 February, 2009 05:14
To:
penn-central@xxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: PC: Ever Heard of THE ROCK
Have You Ever Heard of THE ROCK ?
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