One of the Rock Island's ten Alco Century 415 centercabs rolls a transfer job past the B&O's South Chicago station on a summer afternoon.

This strange flat-faced machine was one of two unique AB6 diesels built by EMD in 1940 for the Rock Island. Basically modified E6 B-units with cabs, they were designed to run as trailing units on ... (more)

An Photo charter night shoot S&B and Iowa Northern put on to rase cash for the 2 E's as they will not run.

Rock Island 630 and 652 pose at the former CRI&P yard at Manly, Iowa, during an S&B Productions night shoot. Both units, now cosmetically restored, are owned by Dan Sabin of the Iowa Northern Rail... (more)

Rock Island 630 and 652 pose at the former CRI&P yard at Manly, Iowa, during an S&B Productions night shoot. Both units, now cosmetically restored, are owned by Dan Sabin of the Iowa Northern Rail... (more)

A rebuilt Rock Island GP-7 leads seven Southern SD-24 units detouring west on the former Wabash.

CRIP 4506 holds at East Union depot at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Rock Island's unique roster is well represented at their 95th Street Yard as an EMD-repowered Alco RS2, C415, and wooden caboose all await their next assignment. Tom Golden photo.

RI GP40 no. 4714 mates up with a U25B on a moist March day in 1973. The units are at the Rock Island locomotive facility at Inver Grove, south of St. Paul, MN. Rock Island operated a strategic mai... (more)

Seen wearing the "Bankruptcy Blue" paint scheme, a Gallon hi-rail crane, backhoe, and other Maintenance of Way equipment is seen at Vermont Street in Blue Island. Tom Golden photo.

One of Rock Island's F-units is seen at the 95th Street Yard service track awaiting its next assignment. Tom Golden photo.

The nasty March weather is fitting for the condition of Rock Island 265, a GE U28B locomotive. The unit is waiting ist next assignment at the Rock Island engine facility at Inver Grove Heights, MN... (more)

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.