Rock island railroad

High quality photograph of Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Rock Island) EMD GP40 # CRIP 348 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

The AB6 was a unique version of its E6 design that utilized a cabless B unit , which was retrofitted as an A for use on the Rock Island's Rocky Mountain Rocket.

High quality photograph of Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Rock Island) EMD F7(A) # 102 at Denver, Colorado, USA.

Rock Island E6 #630 and E8 #652 move in from the yard to pick up the Midland Railway excursion train from Baldwin City to Emporia, KS.

This image is for my brother Imperator Marek. The photographer is unknown, but Mark figured out this picture was taken at College View siding in Lincoln, Nebraska during the 1950s. The diesel-electric locomotive is likely Rock Island 9009 and it is pulling train #26. It is eastbound (actually moving north at this location). Rock Island 9009 was one of several small dual-purpose locomotives built for the Rock Island by Electro-Motive Corporation in 1929. Units 9005 - 9007 were built from…

It is absolutely amazing how much things have changed in 100 years. We've gone from Model T's to self driving cars, and black and white photos to holograms.

The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific was a fabled Midwestern granger that struggled after the 1960's. A botched merger and strike led to its liquidation in 1980.