An eastbound freight kicks up the snow outside of Walcott with pool power from the UP in the consist.

A westbound freight has just departed Kelly Yard in Silvis, passing the CTC crossovers on the west end near 17th Street.

A Football Special prepares to depart from the depot at Rock Island. The train is taking fans to the University of Iowa at Iowa City.

A pair of clean Pullman-Standard commuter cars bring up the rear of a Football Special departing Davenport. The Rock Island owned 20 of these cars, numbered 2700-2719.

For many University of Iowa football games, the Rock Island ran "Football Trains" for fans wanting to see the game. A pair of clean E8's depart Davenport for Iowa City after loading here along 5t... (more)

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 pair of Rock Island GE's and an EMD exit the wash rack at Silvis. Kodachrome slide processed in November 1973.

Milwaukee Road's Rail Detector cars layover in the small yard in front of the Freight House in downtown Davenport, IA.

MILW 1002 leads the Patrol into the siding at Port Byron along the Illinois side of the Mississippi River. For a view of the train it met, check out http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=1... (more)

The MILW mainline from the Quad Cities to Savanna on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River was a secondary route by this time in the 1970's and was used when the mainline on the Iowa side of ... (more)

The MILW mainline from the Quad Cities to Savanna on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River was a secondary route by this time in the 1970's and was used when the mainline on the Iowa side of ... (more)

The headman climbs onboard the northbound Milwaukee Road 2027 after lining the switch at Ebner Junction. The MILW ran on the BN from Ebner to Savanna. The BN has laid out ties to extend their ow... (more)

An eastbound Milwaukee Road patrol diverges onto the Dri-Line mainline at West Davenport This is where the Milwaukee Road/Dri-Line joined Rock Island's Golden State mainline. On the left is Rock... (more)

The Iowa Interstate Railroad is a mere 4 months old when this freight with a quartet of ex-IC(G) Paducah rebuilt EMD's thunders west out of Wilton, IA. The IAIS has risen from the ashes of the Ro... (more)

Power strapped Milwaukee Road leased a number of B&O GP's and 3 of them found their way onto the Nahant to Savanna way-freight which ran over the Rock Island to East Moline and then north on the A... (more)