One week before Christmas 1977, a single Rock Island E8 is seen pulling a long string of 1920s-built "Capone" commuter cars through cold, snowy Blue Island. Tom Golden photo.

A cold, wet, gloomy November day greets the Rock Island and its commuters at La Salle Street Station, Chicago as E8 649 and another E wait for their next assignment. In addition to running commute... (more)

While going through some of my dad's pictures, I came across this one of RI E8A 649. His notations on the back was the last Rocket north out of Fairfield, Iowa dated only as 1971. Considering it's... (more)

After the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) took over the Rocks commuter service things got a little more interesting during the transitional period from old to new equipment as shown on thi... (more)