Alco FA 139, rebuilt by EMD and riding on EMD trucks, brings Rock Island's westward train into North Topeka, Ks. on U.P. trackage rights May 23, 1965. GP-7s and a F7B help, and the train will so... (more)
After leaving its last stop at Topeka, Ks. with three E7s, Rock Island's Train 4 Golden State Limited is eastbound passing by "Calhoun Bluffs" on Union Pacific trackage rights en route Kansas City... (more)
Rock Island E6 #630 switching at Chicago while E8 #660 rests in the background in this May 1973 scene. Photograph by more)
Rock Island ran whatever it had as evident in May 1965 when EMD F2 No. 40 led an Alco FA-1, an EMD BL-2, an F-7 and the newest of the bunch, No. 1348, a GP-18, off the Kansas River bridge at Topek... (more)
East of Goodland two Rock Island F7s are straining to drag just 40 cars across western Kansas against the Kansas wind on Sept. 26, 1966. The train should be in Denver before daybreak. The track ... (more)
A mixture of Rock Island power has an eastbound passing a typical Kansas landmark while on UP trackage at North Topeka, en route Kansas City. F2 No. 43, 1239 and 1347 are GP18s, 1329 is a GP9, a... (more)
Rock Island F2 49 apparently had to have a face make-over once upon a time, and not having any extra headlights, the shop forces sheet-metaled over the nose. This is NOT a photoshopped exercise!... (more)
Four Rock Island U-Boats are headed toward the diamonds as a N&W mixed freight heads the opposite way. Tom Golden photo.
A Rock Island local led by a C415 and a wooden transfer caboose works its way through the interlockings at 95th Street on the city's South Side. Tom Golden photo.
Tom Golden photo.
A Rock Island move including a NW2, two C415s, and three cabooses, is seen leaving Burr Oak Yard. Tom Golden photo.
an eastbound Rock Island trains is doing some switching in the yard at Tucumcari prior to departing
