At last count, the prototype IAIS 400 has been in 13 different paint schemes and/or configurations over the span of its 60+ years. This folder features a few of those.
RI 1275's second paint scheme. This unit went on to become IAIS 400. Silvis, IL, 4/25/1964. Kent Schneider collection.
The prototype IAIS 400 has been in at least 13 different paint schemes and/or configurations over its 60+ years, including the following:
1. RI 1275, as built, with high hood, in red and black with white wings and lettering.
2. RI 1275 with high hood, dark red with stripes.
3. RI 1275 with low short hood and new cab, maroon with wings
4. RI 1275 in maroon with yellow nose and cab face
5. RI 4424 in bankruptcy blue
6. Chrome Crankshaft 4424 in blue
7. CIC 97 in yellow/gray
8. Chrome Crankshaft 97 in patched CIC yellow/gray
9. IAIS 400 with solid yellow nose
10. IAIS 400 with nose herald
11. IAIS 400 with hazard stripes
12. IAIS 400 with GP8 long hood
13. Northern Lines Railway 400 in patched IAIS black/red/yellow By: Joe Atkinson
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CIC 97 and slug 98. Models and photo by Doug Brown. By: Joe Atkinson
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IAIS 400 in its 1990s scheme, with its original long hood. Model and photo by Ole Pade. By: Joe Atkinson
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IAIS 400 at NRE, Silvis, IL, on October 25, 1998 - 11 months after the accident. Erik Rasmussen photo. By: Erik Rasmussen
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IAIS 400 at NRE, Silvis, IL, on October 25, 1998 - 11 months after the accident. Erik Rasmussen photo. By: Erik Rasmussen
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Rebuild underway. New ends and steps have been built, and the donor long hood from IAIS GP8 7976 has been added. May 16, 2001. By: Joe Atkinson
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Primed, and with the hood stripes and ends started. Dec. 20, 2001. By: Joe Atkinson
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RI 1275's second paint scheme. This unit went on to become IAIS 400. Silvis, IL, 4/25/1964. Kent Schneider collection.
The prototype IAIS 400 has been in at least 13 different paint schemes and/or configurations over its 60+ years, including the following:
1. RI 1275, as built, with high hood, in red and black with white wings and lettering.
2. RI 1275 with high hood, dark red with stripes.
3. RI 1275 with low short hood and new cab, maroon with wings
4. RI 1275 in maroon with yellow nose and cab face
5. RI 4424 in bankruptcy blue
6. Chrome Crankshaft 4424 in blue
7. CIC 97 in yellow/gray
8. Chrome Crankshaft 97 in patched CIC yellow/gray
9. IAIS 400 with solid yellow nose
10. IAIS 400 with nose herald
11. IAIS 400 with hazard stripes
12. IAIS 400 with GP8 long hood
13. Northern Lines Railway 400 in patched IAIS black/red/yellow
CIC 97. Model and photo by Doug Brown.
CIC 97 and slug 98. Models and photo by Doug Brown.
IAIS 400 in its 1990s scheme, with its original long hood. Model and photo by Ole Pade.
IAIS 400 at NRE, Silvis, IL, on October 25, 1998 - 11 months after the accident. Erik Rasmussen photo.
IAIS 400 at NRE, Silvis, IL, on October 25, 1998 - 11 months after the accident. Erik Rasmussen photo.
Rebuild underway. New ends and steps have been built, and the donor long hood from IAIS GP8 7976 has been added. May 16, 2001.
Primed, and with the hood stripes and ends started. Dec. 20, 2001.
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