Rock Island GP7 1293 and GP9 1318 at the west end of Silvis shop wait to go in for the GP rebuild program.
Rock Island GP9 is at Silvis shop to go through the rebuild program.
Eastbound CRIP train working east end of yard Tucumcari
Elimination of Rock Island passenger trains and shortage of working freight units has a pair of E8As leading an eastbound freight.
295 East enters the receiving yard at Silvis with a solid GE consist.
A pair of rebuilt locomotives work Rock Island's Blue Island Yard.
4307 West is pulling up out of the Mississippi River valley on its way to Des Moines.
On a rainy day, one of Rock Island's five BL2s leads a commuter train in Chicago. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo
A U25B and a U33B lead a train south of St. Paul. Rock Island 231 was sold to the Maine Central and outlived the Rick Island. The newer U33B was likely not so lucky. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo
Former UP E9(A) 659 leads an ABBBA lash-up on an intermodal train through Joliet. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo
EMD didn't have many misses in the 1950s, but the Aerotrain sure was one. Intended to be the future of inter-city passenger service, the Rock Island quickly relegated them to Chicago commuter ser... (more)
Rock Island E7(A) 642 and DL-105 622 lead a passenger train in Chicago in the early 1960s R.T. Steinbrenner Photo
40 years ago the Rock Island shut down. In this 1973 image a pair of units are at the run through service pit at the Silvis yards and shop complex.
R.T. Steinbrenner Photo
