Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific EMD SD70ACe & SD70M-2 Pack
From a nostalgic standpoint many would argue the Rock Island was the greatest of all grangers and it’s often hard to dispute that belief.
The railroad offered wonderful bucolic scenes in postwar years of tired covered wagons negotiating rickety and weed-covered trackage to serve a local customer along a rural Midwestern branch line.
While such scenes provided fascinating subjects for the camera they more vividly illustrated the railroad’s plight. Agriculture was always the Rock’s lifeblood and the two carried a symbiotic relationship.
This was never made clearer than during the 1970’s when states like Iowa offered assistance to rebuild crumbling branch lines for continued rail service.
The company’s history began like so many others in the Midwest, launched in the mid-19th century to help a small town reach its potential.
According to Bill Marvel’s wonderful title, "Rock Island Line," a group of businessmen spent an evening in June of 1845 planning a railroad of 75 miles to link Rock Island, Illinois (across the Mississippi River from Davenport, Iowa) with LaSalle.
What was known as the Rock Island & La Salle Rail Road Company, officially incorporated on February 27, 1847, would work in conjunction with canal and riverboat operators to move freight and passengers into Chicago.
Here we have the Rock Island SD70ACe and SD70M-2 Locomotives.
- Rock Island SD70ACe #7000 – #7007 available at 2005.
- Rock Island SD70ACe #7008 – #7015 available at 2007.
- Rock Island SD70M-2 #7016 – #7023 available at 2005.
- Rock Island SD70M-2 #7024 – #7031 available at 2007.
- This pack represents a world where the Rock Island never went backrupt and still lives in modern times.
You will need the Zukzf’s SD70ACe/SD70M-2 to make this work.
- Group listed
- Model by SD70M & MaikC
- Custom sounds by Mr. Cheesecake
- Credit to Railsimstuff for the fonts.
- Rock Island Logo found on the internet.
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EMD SD70ACe & SD70M-2 — Steam Workshop
Soundsets: EMD 710G3 (SD70ACe/M-2, SD80MAC, MP40PH, GP20C-ECO) — Steam Workshop
