A typical midwestern scene -- Rock Island mail train No. 39 with a single coach on the rear leaves Herington, Kansas on May 31, 1965 to continue its run to Tucumcari, N.M. to be handed over to the... (more)
Rock Island's passenger Train 39, formerly called the "Imperial," derailed at Valencia, Ks., 11 miles west of Topeka, and two steam-powered derricks were slowly clearing the double-track mainline ... (more)
A United jet has just landed and is taxiing to the terminal as a Rock Island gets underway eastbound on UP track. At Limon, Colo., Ex. 4587 will enter CRI&P track on east to Kansas.