January 24, 2024
Rock Island 1960-69 1296 pgs PUBLISHER SPCL save $30!
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This 2 Volume Set contains in total: 1296 Pages and Over 2000 Photographs Published by John Nelson, originally advertised in Trains at $62.95 Buy the set now for $32.95 save $30! Included are all sixty copies (964 pages) of The Rocket, the Rock Island employee magazine published between January, 1960 and December, 1969. Also included are the ten Rock Island annual reports for the same time (an additional 224 pages.) The complete index has 4098 entries on just over 64 pages. With additional material, the total page count is 1296! The scanned pages are almost as good as the original copies they were made from. There are 2 shrink- wrapped paper back volumes -- a total weight of 6 lbs., 3 ozs. In the index, you will find articles sorted by title, by topic and location and by city and division. You'll also find many R.I.'s employee's names and the articles and photographs about them. There are three large sections showing descriptions in the Rockets of "Locomotives" by number, "Rolling Stock" by type, equipment purchases by model type and "Industries served" by name. So if you are a modeler and want to know what the Rock Island was hauling, in what equipment and from what customer, by what train, then Rock Island 1960-1969 is for you! The section in the index on "Weather Problems" shows every articles on the clearing out Burl Oak (
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