Rock Island's train #5, "The Quad City Rocket," departs Chicago on the Bicentennial in 1976. Rock Island was one of a handful of railroads that did not join Amtrak in 1971, forcing them to contin... (more)
Operating in push-mode, a Rock Island commuter train, with F7A 676 for power, passes the old Erie Railroad freight house as it approaches Chicago on Independence Day, 1976.