Rock Island's unique roster is well represented at their 95th Street Yard as an EMD-repowered Alco RS2, C415, and wooden caboose all await their next assignment. Tom Golden photo.
RI GP40 no. 4714 mates up with a U25B on a moist March day in 1973. The units are at the Rock Island locomotive facility at Inver Grove, south of St. Paul, MN. Rock Island operated a strategic mai... (more)
Seen wearing the "Bankruptcy Blue" paint scheme, a Gallon hi-rail crane, backhoe, and other Maintenance of Way equipment is seen at Vermont Street in Blue Island. Tom Golden photo.
The nasty March weather is fitting for the condition of Rock Island 265, a GE U28B locomotive. The unit is waiting ist next assignment at the Rock Island engine facility at Inver Grove Heights, MN... (more)