The new Rock Island Rail showed us some southern hospitality on our visit to Mississippi, a railroad of class, ran by great people.

It must be an officer's special eastbound crossing the ATSF and GM&O.

a Rock Island Alco C415 # 419 works the roads yard at Blue Island in August 1978 these units were common in the Chicago area. and were used a lot on transfer runs

Rock Island EMD E9A 662 leads a 4 unit set of E and F units for a freight train. The new RTA F40s freed up some of these units from there Commuter train roles making for a strange looking set of... (more)

Rock Island 649 and two other E8s lead a couple road switchers on a head of an eastbound freight approach the Santa Fe/ICG diamonds in Joliet, IL on the way to their Chicago Blue Island yard. Like... (more)

OK-KS Oct 1977 — The last picture of a long day chasing trains from El Reno OK north yielded this night shot of Rock Island 353. Fellow railfan Zoli Vajda and I used my Braun RL915 strobe but ha... (more)

Monday evening Rock Island commuter train passing by 16th Street tower in Chicago on 07/15/74, captured on Ektachrome. Photographer unknown. John E. Troxler collection

Monday evening Rock Island commuter train passing by 16th Street in Chicago on 07/15/74, captured on Kodachrome. Photographer unknown. John E. Troxler collection

Rock Island Rail GP38 #4310 and GP30 #3024 pulls a string of Tank Cars south through Dublin, MS., on their way to Swan Lake to be interchanged with Canadian National

Rock Island Rail GP38 #4310 and GP30 #3024 pulls a string of Tank Cars south through Hopson, MS., on their way to Swan Lake to be interchanged with Canadian National

Former Canadian National C40-8, now Rock Island Rail C42-9 #2127 is seen here resting at Sumner, MS., on a beautiful September morning

Rock Island E8A 650 leaving La Salle Street Station of Chicago

A Rock Island Rail Freight Train is seen here heading south through Sumner, MS., on their way south to Swan Lake to interchange with Canadian National. GMTX GP15-1 #415 has since been repainted in... (more)

A Rock Island Rail Freight Train is seen here departing Clarksdale, MS., on their way south to Swan Lake to interchange with Canadian National. GMTX GP15-1 #415 has since been repainted into the R... (more)

Dressed-up in full "wings" treatment, RI GP7 1226 with F7(A) 103 lays over at Council Bluffs, Iowa on April 27, 1958. Photo by L.E. Stagner, from my slide collection.