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>Eight blue and white Rock Island locomotives, led by engine No. 4460, are shown eastbound at Latimer, Kan., about 80 miles southwest of Topeka, in June of 1980.
>The engines and trailing cars were being transferred from the Herington, Kan., switch yard to Kansas City, Kan., The movement was all part of gathering up equipment for eventual sale by a trustee appointed by a federal bankruptcy court.
>This is a copy of a color slide in my personal files. The engineer on this train was Harry Kincaid of Herington, who had been a veteran employee of the Rock Island. He had been retained to assist in moving train equipment involved in the eventual liquidation of company assets. Hard to believe that more than 35 years have passed since the order came down halting the operation of the Rock Island, a mighty fine line.
