| CRI&P C415 424, Blue Island, Illinois, October 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in December 1966 (c/n 3451-10), owned by the UP, and leased to the RI. When the Rock shut down in early 1980, the five C415's owned by the UP (#'s 420-424) were returned to the UP and stored at Omaha. All five were retired by the UP in December 1980, this unit and four others were sold to Brandon Corporation June 23, 1981 (#420 was scrapped by the UP). The following is fron Utahrails.net web site: Renumbered to Brandon 424, painted in Brandon's sapphire blue in August 1981; sold to PLM Railcar Maintenance Co., used at Miles City, Mont. (as PLMX 421); then to Pauline, Kansas; stored at Topeka, Kansas, by June 1992; stored at Morris, Kansas, by June 1996, still numbered as 421; seen in transit in Kansas City, Kansas, early 2003; supposed sale not completed and unit stored at Holliday, Kansas (14 miles southwest of Kansas City); still there as of May 2009 |