Rock Island's two GP38-2s lead a cut of tank cars south through Webb, MS.

The station switcher takes a break from its duties as the nose of Rock Island E8 661 pokes its nose out on a cold, rainy January day in Chicago.

The first run with all three of the Rock Island Rail Reborn Blue painted geeps heads for Clarksdale with recently completed GP15-1 #1106 on the point.

Engineer Reid Dawe brings an empty coal bucket into Sumner, MS.

Freshly repainted Rock Island #2127 sits outside the yard office in Sumner, MS during a light rain fall. Yes, the unit is now classified as a C42-9. Rock Island made some software and horsepower u... (more)

Route of the Rockets Belleville was once a busy Junction between Rock Island mainlines from Kansas City, Omaha and Denver. Passenger trains and freight heading for the Rocky Mountains p... (more)

Mississippi doesn't get snow very often, and when we do the roads are normally not in good enough shape to risk an hour 1/2 trip to grab a few train shots. Today, most of the roads had been clear... (more)

The Moon shines through the clouds on a Rock Island Freight Train that is tied down in the Mississippi Delta at Albin.

RILX leads a northbound freight into Webb coming back from the CN.

RILX 4373 and 4310 sit tied down in Sumner, MS, sporting the Rock Island "Reborn Blue" paint scheme, a scheme, or a railroad name I never thought I would see in 2020, which prompted a 3,... (more)

The matched set of Rock Island-painted GP38-2s, 4373 and 4310, are moving interchange traffic to the Canadian National at Swan Lake, as the sun makes it's exit and leaves the eastern sky with some... (more)

While the sun may have set long ago on the original Rock Island, Rob Riley’s Rock Island revival has is at the dawn of a new era for the Route Rock. With many thanks to the cooperation of the e... (more)