Rock Island 665 (E9A) and commuter train at 119th Street, Blue Island, Illinois along the Suburban Branch. Verne Brummel (photographer) / Dave Cramer (photo editing). Visit our websites at - more)

Five Rock Island light units pass by Longwood Manor - 95th Street Station in the Washington Heights section of Chicago, Illinois. Directly behind GP7 4507 is U28B 276 and related power. Verne Br... (more)

CRI&P FP7 406, E8(B) 614 (Ex-UP 931B), and FP7 403, at 12th Street Yard in Chicago. Verne Brummel (photographer) / Dave Cramer (photo editing). Visit our websites at - Railroad: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Rock Island)
Locomotive: EMD FP7
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: CRIP 406
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September, 1974

"Quad City Rocket" at La Salle Street Station in Chicago. Verne Brummel (photographer) / Dave Cramer (photo editing). Visit our websites at - ... (more)

"Quad City Rocket" at La Salle Street Station in Chicago. Verne Brummel (photographer) / Dave Cramer (photo editing). Visit our websites at - ... (more)

Rock Island commuter trains with CRI&P 675 (F7A), 662 (E8A), and 676 (F7A), resting at La Salle Street Station in Chicago. Verne Brummel (photographer) / Dave Cramer (photo editing). Visit our w... (more)

Late afternoon sun glints off of the side of Rock Island Train 5 as it curves through New Lenox. Dome-observation, Big Ben, a former D&RGW car, brings up the rear of the Rock Island, IL, bound tr... (more)

An eastbound Rock Island TOFC train rests briefly at Joliet Union Depot for cross traffic to pass. U25Bs 237 and 225 sandwich GP40 4718 as they stand in the aftermath of an early spring snow stor... (more)

Rock Island E7A 642 and E7B 610 stand at Bureau, IL, on a Blackhawk Chapter NRHS bicycle special. The crew received permission to tie the train down on the main while they went to lunch prior to ... (more)

While waiting on a westbound to depart Short Line Yard, the head brakeman of an eastbound R.I. freight with all U.P. power kindly posed for me in front of his borrowed 1957-vintage GP9 #338. The ... (more)

Rock Island Train No. 21, station stop, Amarillo. (No. 21 originated in Memphis, Tennessee, and is en route to Tucumcari, New Mexico.)

Rock Island's westbound Quad Cities Rocket faces the low August as the negotiates the curve at New Lenox, IL. A club-diner and dome-parlor-observation "Big Ben" lend an touch of class to the litt... (more)