Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific

The CRI&P was an original owner, it acquired these models new from Baldwin:
VO1000, S8, S12

VO1000

RI 764 764

VO1000
c/n 70131, b/d 01/1944

- built for the CRI&P as #764
- retired by 1963
photo credit: Arthur B. Johnson
- collection of Mark Laundry
Blue Island IL - May 10, 1953

S8

RI 804
photo credit: Arthur B. Johnson
- collection of Mark Laundry
Blue Island IL - May 10, 1953 		804

S8
c/n 75685, b/d 09/1952

- built for the CRI&P as #804
- retired by 1966

S12

  • see ASARCO #1 for ex. RI #758, nee Baldwin S12 demo #1200


    CRI&P 759 759

    S12
    c/n 75936, b/d 03/1953

    - built as Baldwin S12 demo #1201, 3/1953
    - sold to the CRI&P as #759, 7/1953
    photo by: Chuck Zeiler
    47th Street, Chicago, Il - March 28, 1965

    "Built in 1953 as Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton demonstrator 1201, this locomotive was built in the middle of S12 production, which began in June 1950. In an attempt to turn around declining switcher sales, BLH built two S12 demonstrators (1200 & 1201) and sent them to the DM&IR, but no sale came from the Missabe Road. In July 1953, both demonstrators were sold to the Rock Island, becoming CRI&P 758 and 759. The S-12 production ended in August 1956, with a total of 451 units built in six years. Note: CRI&P 758 (demonstrator 1200) still exists as SMS 301." CZ



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