I must say I'm so pleased with my decision to join the Rock Island Technical Society (RITS). I have enjoyed reading the human interest stories from crew members and people close to the Rock Island. My latest source of information received has been greatly appreciated! This past weekend, I received a link to The Rock Island System Freight Train Schedule and Blocking Instructions (1972). It provides a complete list of scheduled freight trains and locals for the entire system. Also, valuable blocking information was obtained. After I have time to digest this information, I expect some changes on the ROCK. Preliminary thoughts include assigning prototypical train numbers to my Extra Freight East/West and Pig trains. I might consider some blocking changes.
Below is a link to the 1972 guide. I've nearly completed re-typing the information into a more friendly format in particular highlighting train information related to movements on my modeled portion of the ROCK.
http://www.rits.org/www/histories/freight_schedule72/Instructions.html
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