A derailment at Division Street in Davenport has forced the Rock Island to bring out the Big Hook from Silvis (RI 95022) to clean up the mess. This is on the mainline to Kansas City, several bloc... (more)
A Rock Island train was "rocking" west through Pullman Jct, even though speed was ten or less the brakeman riding the nose was well braced for the rocking motion.
Minutes out of Rio Grande’s North Yard, Rock Island GP35 315 leads a collection of second-generation EMD and GE units on train 82 at Brighton Boulevard on Denver’s Belt Line, headed for the UP... (more)
The semaphore blade is just starting to drop as Southern Pacific Train 3, the Golden State, speeds south near Vaughn, New Mexico. Rock Island handed off command of the train for the remainder of i... (more)