A blue "Rock" GP sits outside of the engine house at Silvis sometime after shutdown. Unknown photographer and date.

Not only was 630 the only Shovelnose on the Rock Island painted with a golden nose, it was (and still is) the last operational E6 in the country. Just as several of The Rock's Early Cowl units ha... (more)

A vintage view inside Silvis of Rock Island workers moving the boiler and cab of one of the 5000 series during a rebuild. Date and photographer unknown.

ROCK ISLAND Recollections. RI 4584 is less than two months old in this photo at HB&T's Milby St. diesel facility in Houston. RI's 18 U30Cs 4582-4599 were delivered October-December 1... (more)

This was when the Rock had a piggyback yard all the way downtown at the south edge of the Loop next to the LaSalle Street Station Leads. Baldwin Locomotive Works made 63 S-8s (54 A-units and 9 B-... (more)

She Was Once a Proud Rocket Engine At the end of the Suburban Branch.

Terminating at the end of the Suburban Line.

The Evolutrionary Step Between an Hood and a Geep.

That first piggy-back car sure looks like a converted gondola. The diamonds are with the PRR.

The Quad Cities Rocket Behind the baggage car is round-end observation dome lounge car of DRG&W heritage "Big Ben" serving breakfast. Because the train was not turned in the afternoon (o... (more)

Come On Guys, Let's Go An AB6 had an E6B carbody modified with a single 1000 h.p. engine, windows and controls at one end, baggage compartment, and steam generator. Only two were built by... (more)

A Perfect Train Two E9s and matching gallery cars. At the left you are looking directly into LaSalle Street Station with it's long-gone head house above and above that the original Board ... (more)