4 days before a full 31 years after ID:224777 was taken. 2 UP SD40-2's, an SD70M and SD60M swing around the bridge above the Straight river.

It's not often you see Rock Island business cars, nonetheless painted in Blue and White! Original shot by Jim.

Standing on what remains of it's last legs, UP 79 is slowly being torn apart for scrap. Original shot by Jim.

A former Rock Island SD40-2 4790 (serial 73676-1) leads three more Ex-RI SD40-2's with an empty hopper train. Original Shot by Jim.

ATSF 556, 555, GP40X 3803 and a B40-8 haul a freight around Bluecut. Day unknown, original shot by Jim.

Two NS engines crawl through Austin with a UP vehicle train in tow as cranes shift girders in the background

A pair of Rock Island GP38-2's lead a string of empty coal hoppers over CRIP junction. Original print by Jim.

A quad-set of Rock Island's GP38-2s swing around the bridge above the Straight river. Original print by Jim.

One of the rare snowplows used along the Rock. Original Print by Jim.

4702 and 4703, both returned to Union Pacific where they were listed "Stored Unserviceable". Other numbers stored by Union Pacific were 341, 342, 345, 347, 349, 352, 353, 357, 358, 359, 362, 363, ... (more)

One could wonder how 2 chunks of steel so thin manage to hold up the weight of a 108 car stack train.

This Ex-Southern Pacific Originally Erie SDP45 with the angular long hood lacking a steam generator idles in the Taylor yard after shunting cars around for hours.

On May 4th, 1980, The Rock Island ran their last train out of Council Bluffs, Iowa. This train had all RI-owned equipment in tow with it, eastbound out of town to it's soon to be-new owners. Origi... (more)

Leading RI 4314, 4300 is at a crawl on this soon-to-be sunset evening. Original print by Jim.

Experimental strobes mounted, Rock Island 4300 creeps out of Des Moines with a short, all boxcar train. Around the time of the photo, Rock Island had been experimenting with putting strobes on the... (more)