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Owner: Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
Model:EMD AB6Built As:CRIP 750 (AB6)
Serial Number:1066Order No:E306
Frame Number:E306-B1Built:6/1940
Notes:CRIP Class AB6; blt 6/40, sfs 1/74
Other locos with this serial:  CRIP 750(AB6)
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Unusual  AB-6 unit
Title:  Unusual AB-6 unit
Description:  one of two AB-6 units built for the RI by EMD in 1940 - a B unit with cab to head Colorado Springs section of Rocky Mountain Rocket when divided at Limon, Colorado
Photo Date:  9/9/1961  Upload Date: 4/6/2008 11:57:35 AM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  EDWARD J. OZOG
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CRIP 750(AB6)
Views:  1914   Comments: 3
"Those Esthetic E's," Page 25, 1964
Title:  "Those Esthetic E's," Page 25, 1964
Description:  Here is page six of an eight-page cover article by David P. Morgan & Al Kamm, Jr., entitled "Those Esthetic E's: A Story Of The Power That Bumped Steam Off The Varnish." It was published originally in the May 1964 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 25. Top Right Photo Caption: Rock Island bought a pair of AB-model 1000 h.p. units in May 1940 for Limon-Colorado Springs leg of Rocky Mountain Rocket."
Photo Date:  5/1/1964  Upload Date: 10/1/2023 4:18:11 AM
Location:  LaGrange, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 750(AB6) MP 7100(AA) MP 7002(E6A) LN 450A(E6A)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
Picture 12, CB&Q/CRI&P Wreck
Title:  Picture 12, CB&Q/CRI&P Wreck
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/1964  Upload Date: 6/15/2007 10:00:24 PM
Location:  Montgomery, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 638B(E7B) CRIP 750(AB6)
Views:  3586   Comments: 2
CRI&P AB6 750
Title:  CRI&P AB6 750
Description:  Rock Island AB6 750 at 47th Street in Chicago, Illinois on March 28, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in June 1940 ( c/n 1066 ) on EMC Order E306B, it was sold for scrap to Joliet Railway Equipment during January 1974.
Photo Date:  3/28/1965  Upload Date: 6/10/2017 6:54:34 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CRIP 750(AB6)
Views:  627   Comments: 0
CRI&P AB6 750
Title:  CRI&P AB6 750
Description:  CRI&P AB6 750, 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois, March 28, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in June 1940 (c/n 1066) on EMC Order E306B, it was sold for scrap to Joliet Railway Equipment during January 1974. As originally built, it had a single 12-567 prime mover and a baggage section where the second prime mover would be. The concept was to run this locomotive (with an E6A leading) on the Rocky Mountain Rocket from Chicago to Limon, Colorado, where the train was broken into two sections, one going to Denver, and the AB6 would power the other section to Colorado Springs. Although two A-units could have sufficed, at the time Rock Island's management was concerned about the aesthetics of the train. One prime mover proved insufficient as the passenger load increased, and this unit and 751 (another AB6) were returned to EMD for installation of a second prime mover, making them E6B's with a cab. Sometime during 1965, both AB6's exchanged their steam generators for HEP power plants and were assigned to commuter service.
Photo Date:  3/28/1965  Upload Date: 9/7/2010 12:23:24 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CRIP 750(AB6)
Views:  1869   Comments: 0
CRI&P AB6 750
Title:  CRI&P AB6 750
Description:  CRI&P AB6 750 at 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois, June 13, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in June 1940 (c/n 1066) on EMC Order E306B, it was powered by a single 12-567 prime mover and a baggage door where the door over the fuel tank is located. Later a second prime mover was added. I cannot find the exact date, but photos shot in 1957 show a second prime mover and no baggage door. Sometime during 1965, the steam generator was replaced by a HEP power plant, and the unit was assigned to suburban service. It was sold for scrap to Joliet Railway Equipment during January 1974.
Photo Date:  6/13/1965  Upload Date: 10/28/2009 10:47:34 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CRIP 750(AB6)
Views:  1068   Comments: 1
CRIP WB
Title:  CRIP WB
Description:  -750(AB-6)
Photo Date:  12/29/1971  Upload Date: 9/11/2011 9:57:35 AM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CRIP 750(AB6)
Views:  654   Comments: 0
CRIP WB
Title:  CRIP WB
Description:  677-750(F-7A;AB-6)
Photo Date:  12/29/1971  Upload Date: 9/11/2011 9:59:01 AM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CRIP 750(AB6)
Views:  780   Comments: 0
RI 750
Title:  RI 750
Description:  Rare EMD AB-6 Locomotive
Photo Date:  8/11/1972  Upload Date: 9/20/2011 6:47:34 PM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CRIP 750(AB6)
Views:  985   Comments: 7
RI 750
Title:  RI 750
Description:  EMD AB-6A
Photo Date:  8/11/1972  Upload Date: 6/24/2014 6:27:30 PM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CRIP 750(AB6)
Views:  600   Comments: 5
Rock Island 750
Title:  Rock Island 750
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/11/1972  Upload Date: 3/8/2017 8:09:40 PM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CRIP 750(AB6)
Views:  447   Comments: 7
CRIP 750 AB6
Title:  CRIP 750 AB6
Description:  Last AB6 on roster.
Photo Date:  6/2/1973  Upload Date: 1/7/2018 2:24:42 AM
Location:  Joliet, IL
Author:  Dean E Arnold
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 750(AB6)
Views:  425   Comments: 1
RI AB6 getting scrapped
Title:  RI AB6 getting scrapped
Description:  RI's AB6 #750 getting cut up in Rockdale, IL. Sad sight.
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 2/4/2014 2:46:04 PM
Location:  Rockdale, IL
Author:  Ken Carlson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 750(AB6)
Views:  1470   Comments: 3


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